Comment on Assassination is a leaky abstractionparentComments−throw0101d1yHe had a legally enforceable mandate to maximize shareholder value.[citation needed]There is no legal basis for this:* https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2012/06/26/the-shareholder-v...* https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2013/09/09/how-t...* https://evonomics.com/maximizing-shareholder-value-dumbest-i...It is simply one view that just happened to become popular during the Reagan years and has continued on:* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedman_doctrineAnd while we're at it, shareholders are not the owners of a corporation:* https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/2021/12/who-actually-own...
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There is no legal basis for this:
* https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2012/06/26/the-shareholder-v...
* https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2013/09/09/how-t...
* https://evonomics.com/maximizing-shareholder-value-dumbest-i...
It is simply one view that just happened to become popular during the Reagan years and has continued on:
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedman_doctrine
And while we're at it, shareholders are not the owners of a corporation:
* https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/2021/12/who-actually-own...