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minus-square@atyaz@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglish9•2 years ago Just run the company in a way where you don’t really care about maximizing profit. Our system of government makes this illegal for publicly traded companies.
minus-squareonolinkfedilinkEnglish4•edit-22 years ago Our system of government makes this illegal for publicly traded companies. Whose system of government? If you mean the USA, then no, it does not. https://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2015/04/16/what-are-corporations-obligations-to-shareholders/corporations-dont-have-to-maximize-profits https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/harold-meyerson-the-myth-of-maximizing-shareholder-value/2014/02/11/00cdfb14-9336-11e3-84e1-27626c5ef5fb_story.html https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2012/06/26/the-shareholder-value-myth/
Our system of government makes this illegal for publicly traded companies.
Valve is not publicly traded.
Whose system of government? If you mean the USA, then no, it does not.
https://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2015/04/16/what-are-corporations-obligations-to-shareholders/corporations-dont-have-to-maximize-profits
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/harold-meyerson-the-myth-of-maximizing-shareholder-value/2014/02/11/00cdfb14-9336-11e3-84e1-27626c5ef5fb_story.html
https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2012/06/26/the-shareholder-value-myth/