Re:Palantir No Longer Works With The NSA
by Anderkent on Saturday April 22, 2017 @03:58PM
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Sure, but all of those are still focused on the profits, revenues and growth of the company; rather than any externalities it might bring about.
Re:Palantir No Longer Works With The NSA
by manigandham on Saturday April 22, 2017 @04:15PM
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Did you read the article?
>> Also, most investors care not only about their portfolios, but also about their jobs, their tax burdens, the products they buy and the air they breathe. Which is to say, companies that maximize profits by firing employees, avoiding taxes, selling shoddy products or polluting the environment can harm their shareholders more than helping them.
>> Serving shareholders’ “best interests” is not the same thing as either maximizing profits, or maximizing shareholder value. "Shareholder value," for one thing, is a vague objective: No single “shareholder value” can exist, because different shareholders have different values. Some are long-term investors planning to hold stock for years or decades; others are short-term speculators.