TheGreatDarkness ( TheGreatDarkness@ttrpg.network ) to RPGMemes @ttrpg.network · 2 years agoYou make the line go up or get firedttrpg.networkimagemessage-square20linkfedilinkarrow-up1114
arrow-up1114imageYou make the line go up or get firedttrpg.networkTheGreatDarkness ( TheGreatDarkness@ttrpg.network ) to RPGMemes @ttrpg.network · 2 years agomessage-square20linkfedilink
minus-squareTheGreatDarkness ( TheGreatDarkness@ttrpg.network ) OPlinkfedilinkarrow-up20·2 years 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 ( Kichae@lemmy.ca ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·2 years 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-squareNeato ( Neato@ttrpg.network ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·2 years agoFireball the shareholders.
minus-squareTheGreatDarkness ( TheGreatDarkness@ttrpg.network ) OPlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 years agoI wish I could
minus-squareDippy ( Dippy@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 years agoI’d argue that the 10 year profits are far more important than the quarterly
minus-squaresmeg ( smeg@feddit.uk ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 years 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 ( SkyNTP@lemmy.ml ) linkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years 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 ( bradorsomething@ttrpg.network ) linkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 years 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.”