> arbitrary numeric values which are defensible Defensible on account of discharging their relentless duties of generating shareholder value within legal limit

> arbitrary numeric values which are defensible Defensible on account of discharging their relentless duties of generating shareholder value within legal limits... i.e. profit. The fact that it is done in a lopsided way at the expense of everything else is just sign of societal decline due to deification of money and letting the tiger of capitalism roam without boundaries.