Not exact matches
But equally powerful is the belief that on Wall Street and in boardrooms the sole responsibility of a corporation is to
maximize profits for
shareholders.
With any expenditure aimed at bettering employees, the environment, and community instead of
maximizing profits for
shareholders, there arises the conflict between
shareholders and corporate social responsibility.
«There is a widespread and completely erroneous belief out there that there is some sort of legal duty that corporate managers have to «
maximize profits» or «
maximize shareholder value,»» said Cornell law professor Lynn Stout, author of «The Shareholder Value M
shareholder value,»» said Cornell law professor Lynn Stout, author of «The
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Shareholder Value Myth.»
At a recent Nasdaq luncheon Q&A, Schultz was challenged about his expansive view of «corporate social responsibility»: Was it not the role of the corporation simply to
maximize profits for
shareholders, who in turn can use the proceeds to do good in the world if they choose?
They have, after all,
shareholders who expect
profits to be
maximized — whether these holders be public stockowners or private - equity investors.
After all, he has
shareholders to worry about and
profits to
maximize, right?
While
profits are ideally generated, the main aim is not to
maximize financial returns for
shareholders but to grow the social venture and reach more people in need.
Board is compelled at law to
maximize shareholders dividend and
profit.
They are a privately held org which has a fiduciary responsibility to
maximize profits for it's
shareholders first & foremost.
With its private
shareholders and largely public clients, the company to some extent beholden to what some view as conflicting mandates: the mandate to
maximize profits and the mandate to
maximize student achievement.
The truth is, they are looking to
maximize profits, through the NIM, for their
shareholders.
Then the life insurance company has to make enough
profit to sustain its business model, which is 100 % based on
maximizing value and
profits and dividends for their stock
shareholders; and not policyholders (you).
There is an inherent conflict of interest: banks are structured to
maximize profits for
shareholders.
Airlines have a responsibility to their
shareholders to
maximize profits, which is totally understandable.
A newly - released parody video makes Xcel Energy's top priority clear:
maximize profits for
shareholders, even if that comes at the expense of the country's most successful community solar program.
In effect, the industry created a self - fulfilling prophecy: The absence of carbon regulation would ensure that fossil fuels would continue to be a good investment, and the companies would
maximize profits for their
shareholders to the detriment of the world at large by continuing to expand fossil fuel discovery and development.
The mission of this social purpose corporation is not necessarily compatible with and may be contrary to
maximizing profits and earnings for
shareholders, or
maximizing shareholder value in any sale, merger, acquisition, or other similar actions of the corporation.
The opponents raise many valid concerns that warrant further exploration, most significantly the risk to the public interest if a lawyer's duty to the client and her ethical obligations could be comprised by a non-lawyer
shareholder interested solely in
maximizing profit.
Law firms are fictitious persons with an objective - to
maximize return of
profit to
shareholders.
Therefore, the company's allegiance is to the policyholders, rather thatn trying to
maximize profits for
shareholders, that can sometime lead to potential conflicts.
Oftentimes this is justified for reasons that go beyond
maximizing cash flow — lots of companies would do better to return
profits to
shareholders than pursue management fantasies for which the company is fundamentally unsuited — but I'm not sure Qualcomm falls in that category.
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