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Subject: Re: Shareholder primacy (was: Re: The "Standards" Game)
Date: 4 Dec 2025 02:28:31 GMT
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On Thu, 04 Dec 2025 00:10:10 +0000, Nuno Silva wrote:

> Did you mean "a business *had*"? Isn't this ("shareholder primacy")
> pretty much of a misconception these days, except for a small number of
> jurisdictions?

How many corporate decisions are made with an eye to Wall Street and 
improving the stock price? How many disasters have there been recently 
where a corporation decided social justice was their concern?