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Re:The Enduring Enigma of Costco's $1.50 Hot Dog and Soda Combo by gowld on Friday June 15, 2018 @01:48PM (#17321874)
Individuals also don't care anything but their bottom line, so this whole line of reasoning is void of meaning.
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Re:The Enduring Enigma of Costco's $1.50 Hot Dog and Soda Combo by emodendroket on Friday June 15, 2018 @03:43PM (#17322899)
That's just not true.
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Re:The Enduring Enigma of Costco's $1.50 Hot Dog and Soda Combo by pwinnski on Friday June 15, 2018 @05:08PM (#17323571)
It's not true for companies either.
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Re:The Enduring Enigma of Costco's $1.50 Hot Dog and Soda Combo by emodendroket on Friday June 15, 2018 @05:14PM (#17323617)
According to the currently most widely accepted theory of business, public companies have no responsibility to anyone other than their shareholders. In practice this means the bottom line trumps all other considerations.
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