Is this some kind of joke? Do you really think it's strange or unusual to suggest that there's a conflict of interest between professional manager and sharehold

Is this some kind of joke? Do you really think it's strange or unusual to suggest that there's a conflict of interest between professional manager and shareholders, and that the managers routinely rig things for their own personal benefit? We're both talking about the same country, the United States right? Have you ever heard of Jack Welch?