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		kfarr on Jan 27, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Washington state shuts down Amazon price-fixing pr... Morals don’t matter when the shareholders sue board members for failing to uphold fiduciary responsibility. Just saying, the law influences how we work

anticensor on Jan 27, 2022 | [–]

Fiduiciary responsibility does not mean operating like you are bankrupt tomorrow.

eru on Jan 27, 2022 | [–]

Shareholder sue for almost everything in the US. It's the modern general purpose regulation.

That often includes stuff that you would classify under 'morals'.

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