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[-] sus@programming.dev 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Fiduciary duty is real, in many jurisdictions at least. It means that the executives of a company are required to act in the best interest of the shareholders. In 99% of the cases what shareholders want is maximum profit.

But really, in almost every case where someone is found to be guilty of breaching this duty, it's because they actually actively did something fraudulent. Otherwise it's much easier for the shareholders or board to just fire the problematic people and get new ones. It's not like being incompetent is a crime.

for source you can look at eg. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiduciary

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