TheGreatDarkness@ttrpg.network to RPGMemes @ttrpg.network · 8 months agoYou make the line go up or get firedttrpg.networkimagemessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up1211arrow-down110
arrow-up1201arrow-down1imageYou make the line go up or get firedttrpg.networkTheGreatDarkness@ttrpg.network to RPGMemes @ttrpg.network · 8 months agomessage-square17fedilink
minus-squareTheGreatDarkness@ttrpg.networkOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up30arrow-down2·8 months agoIf shareholders take you to the court for not prioritizing short-term profit at all costs, are you willing to defend this position?
minus-squareKichae@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31arrow-down1·8 months agoYes. The board must put the interests of shareholders above other stakeholders, but those interests consist of a lot more than just immediate revenues.
minus-squareDippy@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up7·8 months agoI’d argue that the 10 year profits are far more important than the quarterly
minus-squaresmeg@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·8 months agoDepends if the shareholders are all hedge funds wanting to pump-and-dump or if they’re actual investors interested in making the company better!
minus-squareSkyNTP@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·8 months agoSue for what? No self-respecting CEO would accept a position that creates personal tort liability if the stock price doesn’t go up.
minus-squarebradorsomething@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkarrow-up6·8 months agoI feel like you don’t play “line goes up.”
If shareholders take you to the court for not prioritizing short-term profit at all costs, are you willing to defend this position?
Yes.
The board must put the interests of shareholders above other stakeholders, but those interests consist of a lot more than just immediate revenues.
Fireball the shareholders.
I wish I could
I’d argue that the 10 year profits are far more important than the quarterly
Depends if the shareholders are all hedge funds wanting to pump-and-dump or if they’re actual investors interested in making the company better!
Sue for what? No self-respecting CEO would accept a position that creates personal tort liability if the stock price doesn’t go up.
I feel like you don’t play “line goes up.”