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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Veltharis ap Rylix" data-source="post: 9094770" data-attributes="member: 66357">I don't think it has anything to do with the law, but rather the practical realities of operating under shareholders.If you have a long-term focused business plan that will make billions ten years from now while keeping the consumers happy and someone else comes in with a plan that will make hundreds of millions next year but tank the company's reputation with consumers in the process, there will inevitably be short-term-focused shareholders that think the other guy should be in charge, and if there are enough of them, you no longer have the job.It's a perpetual balancing act - you can try to satisfy the consumers all you want, but if you don't satisfy the shareholders as well, they'll replace you with someone who will, consumers be damned.</blockquote>