if CEO is extracting short-term profits, you can be 100% sure it is because Shareholders have demanded him to execute this exact plan. if the company has faile

if CEO is extracting short-term profits, you can be 100% sure it is because Shareholders have demanded him to execute this exact plan. if the company has failed after squeezing short-term profits, there could be a chance that failure was inevitable, and CEO just salvaged and cashed out what was possible and left debtors/employees/suppliers on the hook, while shareholders (CEOs boss) got paid in $$$