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CougarinMaryland
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Nearly 200 CEOs signed a letter promising that shareholder value will no longer be their first priority. It's a major
HarlemCoug
All-American
8/19/19 11:32pm
Sounds like a way to try to head off more regulation/oversight/taxation to me
Mike Honcho
8/19/19 11:46pm
I doubt they'd get those things from Trump, but certainly the left would love more of those things. I think our
HarlemCoug
8/19/19 11:52pm
Translation: Considering all stakeholders is what we believe is in the
garyfan
8/19/19 11:50pm
I thought about this too... I still think that for one company, one CEO, the best thing for those shareholders would
HarlemCoug
8/19/19 11:56pm
Um.
CougarinMaryland
8/20/19 12:02am
So you're saying the CEOs are doing this to cater to current and potential
garyfan
8/20/19 12:02am
I think that people with money are less worried about new regulation and taxation than many think. In fact, many of the
HarlemCoug
8/20/19 12:10am
It's quite possible you're the target audience for this letter
CougarinMaryland
8/20/19 12:20am
This has been a noticable shift/trend over the last few years. Bezos (who signed this letter) has shown with his actions
HarlemCoug
8/20/19 12:32am
Reading it again, it is just Corporate Social Responsibility talking points
CougarinMaryland
8/20/19 12:58am
He raised their pay, but I heard they got their benefits slashed.
rtNelson
8/20/19 3:35am
I wonder how long the stockholders (owners) of those companies will stand for
CougBlu
8/19/19 11:53pm
PR move
cougarnerd
8/20/19 12:07am
Lip service, nothing more. Shareholders are still #1.
Pimpin4Paradise
8/20/19 12:56am
What a complete crock of yewt
hitechcpa
8/20/19 12:12am
Which part?
Baron
8/20/19 4:16am
Ideally, your workers should be shareholders too.
Mister P
8/20/19 4:41am
I agree with this. And more than just a stock purchase program.
rtNelson
8/20/19 5:20am
The Enron debacle put a swift end to that for most.
fulano
8/20/19 7:26am
How do you suppose their average salaries
zia cougar
8/20/19 5:07am
If given the option directly to have a small percrntage of unseen and unknowable
rtNelson
8/20/19 5:25am
We are really going down the "Atlas Shrugged" path on how companies are treated
compcoug
8/20/19 6:45am
That's how I see it. This spells big trouble if the movement takes off.
Freeloader
8/20/19 1:56pm
You are dangerously naive. CEOs want more flexibility to be less accountable.
CougarMandias
8/20/19 7:03am
What a crock. Shareholders are the owners
grosven
8/20/19 7:03am
Another title: SJW CEOs float political ballon to see if DOJ will ignore antitrust regulations
HuskerFan2
8/20/19 8:17am
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Gil Buckman
8/20/19 1:31pm
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