Re:Apple CEO backs China’s ‘open’ Internet vision as censors...
by Chaebixi on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @10:54AM
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> Maybe he even cares as a human being (if he doesn't -> psychopath), but with his CEO hat on he certainly does not.
Aren't CEOs and managers even trained to think that way in business school? For instance the "shareholder value maximization" idea, which teaches the sole responsibility of a corporation is to make the most money it can for its shareholders, and damn everything else.
That's a problem the Chinese have managed to avoid, even if it's been in a corrupt way. It seems like they make the local companies prioritize the policy objectives of the authoritarian government ahead of absolutely maximizing the profit interests of their shareholders.
If you eventually do get contact it will end up with a kind of theatrical act where we are acting that they should care and are being heard, and the CEO may end up acting as if he does care. Perhaps even with more than mere actions.
Maybe he even cares as a human being (if he doesn't -> psychopath), but with his CEO hat on he certainly does not.