That’s what happens when a business culture evolves that worships the CEO title, trains a generation of MBAs to dehumanize people and put quarterly earnings above them, and see their own personal gain as more important than their country or their society.
You contributed to this mentality, Scott.
No.
Parents, people, society having a responsibility to children's well-being, physically, mentally and emotionally does NOT give CEOs a free pass to knowingly make harmful products and services.
You can make a profit without being a Bond villain destroying society.
Fiduciary responsibility ...
... no.
It's such a MYTH that fiduciary responsibility means you have to be cruel. No. It's a CHOICE that PEOPLE make.
Execs, here's a clue: Act in a company's LONG-TERM best interest: Well paid, healthy workers with healthy families are more productive. Unpolluted towns increase your labor pool.