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From: ma...
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2018 10:06

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On 2018-04-27, Simon Turner <si...@twoplaces.co.uk> wrote:
> On Thursday, in article
>      <4d0b61e8-2eba-478b...@googlegroups.com>
>      hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:
>
>> On Thursday, April 26, 2018 at 1:09:23 AM UTC-4, Mike Spencer wrote:
>> 
>>>        Few trends could so thoroughly undermine the very foundations
>>>        of our free society as the acceptance by corporate officials of
>>>        a social responsibility other than to make as much money for
>>>        their stockholders as possible.     -- Milton Friedman
>> 
>> The film Executive Suite just aired on TCM.  Great movie.
>> In the climatic scene, there is a shown between the comptroller
>> who is only interested in maximizing return to the shareholders,
>> by any means possible; and another VP, who has a long term view
>> and cares also about the customers and employees.
>
> It's a fantasy film, then?
>

I was advised once that the title 'VP' in American companies is
meaningless.


-- 
greymaus.ireland.ie
Just_Another_Grumpy_Old_Man

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