Shareholders always come first and that’s a good thingThe economy would suffer if chief executives could unilaterally disempower investorsBoosting corporate social good will not protect the workersThe debate about who companies should principally serve has never been settledSpotlight thrown on Japan Inc’s stakeholder-focused modelA takeover battle at an obscure Tokyo property group has global relevance but for all the wrong reasonsBig Oil should rebel against its customersEnergy companies facing climate protests need to limit the wasteful use of their productsPinching pennies is all too often pound-foolishLock up the stationery for the Christmas holidays and company managers risk real furyNorway/oil: this class is greenerMore from this SeriesSen Warren’s ‘accountable capitalism’ is an oxymoronLetter from Margaret McGirr, Greenwich, CT, USShareholders won’t be the ones that save usLetter from Michelle Meagher, University College London, UKWithout clients, there is no money to pay workersLetter from Aron Miodownik, Cambrian Consulting, New York, NY, US
Shareholders always come first and that’s a good thingThe economy would suffer if chief executives could unilaterally disempower investorsBoosting corporate social good will not protect the workersThe debate about who companies should principally serve has never been settledSpotlight thrown on Japan Inc’s stakeholder-focused modelA takeover battle at an obscure Tokyo property group has global relevance but for all the wrong reasonsBig Oil should rebel against its customersEnergy companies facing climate protests need to limit the wasteful use of their productsPinching pennies is all too often pound-foolishLock up the stationery for the Christmas holidays and company managers risk real furyNorway/oil: this class is greenerMore from this SeriesSen Warren’s ‘accountable capitalism’ is an oxymoronLetter from Margaret McGirr, Greenwich, CT, USShareholders won’t be the ones that save usLetter from Michelle Meagher, University College London, UKWithout clients, there is no money to pay workersLetter from Aron Miodownik, Cambrian Consulting, New York, NY, US
