> Improperly aligned incentives? Who gets to say what that is? Anyone worth calling human. > Is it "improper" to maximize profit per their own board's guideli

> Improperly aligned incentives? Who gets to say what that is? Anyone worth calling human. > Is it "improper" to maximize profit per their own board's guidelines? If to the exclusion of all else, then yes, wildly so. > I have a feeling OP has some predefined notion of nobility they expect people to somehow operate under. Having a set of values is what separates Man from (most of) the other animals. HTH!