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Re:Google says its sex misconduct policy change doesn't appl... by lallysingh on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @10:47AM (#18494660)
And what are the long-term effects on returns of good employees leaving, or never coming to Google over shit like this?
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Re:Google says its sex misconduct policy change doesn't appl... by Devils_Avocado on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @10:50AM (#18494686)
Google/Alphabet get fucked sideways.

Seems you & all the fellow downvoters've mistaken my statement of fact for a statement of moral obligation...

Company agents are employed by shareholders to maximise returns on invested capital. It's literally in their contracts: "you get paid X for improving metric Y by Z".

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Re:Google says its sex misconduct policy change doesn't appl... by mikestew on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @11:03AM (#18494816)
Seems you & all the fellow downvoters've mistaken my statement of fact for a statement of moral obligation...

Nope, it's the calling of statements "facts" when they are quite arguable nothing of the sort. Moral obligation was not at issue here.

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Re:Google says its sex misconduct policy change doesn't appl... by Devils_Avocado on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @11:30AM (#18495092)
Read a S&P500/FTSE100's Directors' contract, then get back to me...
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Re:Google says its sex misconduct policy change doesn't appl... by mikestew on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @11:39AM (#18495177)
Assigning me homework rarely wins the argument, and it's an argument I have no interest in winning in the first place. I was merely pointing out the error of your analysis.
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Re:Google says its sex misconduct policy change doesn't appl... by pytester on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @11:10AM (#18494904)
>Company agents are employed by shareholders to maximise returns on invested capital.

Myth: https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2014/01/myth-maximizing-shar...

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