Washington Post – Business:
The Business Roundtable has abandoned shareholder primacy and embraced stakeholder capitalism.
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Group of top CEOs says maximizing shareholder profits no longer can be the primary goal of corporations
Washington Post – Business:
The new statement, released Monday by the Business Roundtable — whose members are CEOs of America’s largest companies — suggests balancing the needs of a company’s various constituencies and comes at a time of widening income inequality, rising expectations for corporate behavior and proposals from Democratic lawmakers that aim to restructure American capitalism.
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Group of top CEOs says maximizing shareholder profits no longer can be the primary goal of corporations
The new statement, released Monday by the Business Roundtable — whose members are CEOs of America’s largest companies — suggests balancing the needs of a company’s various constituencies and comes at a time of widening income inequality, rising expectations for corporate behavior and proposals from Democratic lawmakers that aim to restructure American capitalism.
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Flashing Your Headlights? You’re Probably Sending the Wrong Signals
The New York Times – Business:
There are no universally accepted, consistent standards for using headlights to communicate. “It means something different to everybody,” one expert said.