>engage in financial shenanigans to make this quarter's results look good, to prop up the stock price because shareholder value, That's behavior of a shitty CE

>engage in financial shenanigans to make this quarter's results look good, to prop up the stock price because shareholder value, That's behavior of a shitty CEO and you will get that whether a company is public or privately held. A CEO that bends to every short term whim of an investor will always destroy the company.