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Article #622026Re: Has Microsoft commited suicide ...
From: Peter Flass
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2018 00:10
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2018 00:10
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<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. > > (Fredic March played the comptroller and William Holden > play the other VP.) > > Interesting article on MarketWatch a day or so about Sears. Apparently Eddie Lampert, the guy who bought it thru his hedge fund was interested in maximizing "shareholder value" at the expense of everting else. There's no long-term in p%ssing off your employees and customers to milk a couple more dollars from it. The article writer said it might be heresy to Wall Street to suggest that this was a bad idea. -- Pete
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