[obmelvin]

More info for those curious:

Corporations Don’t Have to Maximize Profits

Lynn Stout, the distinguished professor of corporate and business law at Cornell Law School, is the author of "The Shareholder Value Myth: How Putting Shareholders First Harms Investors, Corporations, and the Public."

https://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2015/04/16/what-are-co...

[Bromskloss]

Aren't shareholders and investors the same thing?

[abrowne]

Yes, so the title is saying they too will be harmed by "putting them first".