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		id00 on Dec 15, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Palm’s CEO emails Steve Jobs (2007) It looks like it's impossible to build a highly successfull public company as shareholders (likely because of eroded responsibility) will always prioritise profit over ethics

mnky9800n on Dec 16, 2024 | [–]

that would imply, rather simply, that we would have more ethical companies if public ownership was forbidden. but i don't think that would be true.

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