How about when companies like Red Hat, VMWare and Twitter receive offers? I understand that in almost all cases the board feels legally compelled to accept a hi

How about when companies like Red Hat, VMWare and Twitter receive offers? I understand that in almost all cases the board feels legally compelled to accept a high enough offer. So any company's "soul" will be lost through time by mergers and acquisitions. The company that played the game of make-the-most will end up with a treasury large enough to buy those companies who tried the path of ethics.