The part you're leaving out is that it's the shareholders who instigate that motivation. If enough shareholders want the company to do something else instead,

The part you're leaving out is that it's the shareholders who instigate that motivation. If enough shareholders want the company to do something else instead, then there's absolutely nothing wrong with that. The underlying problem is that almost everybody buys stock as an investment, not to take active roles in running companies or make political statements.