[Devils_Avocado]

What do their contracts say? Agnostic of your own judgement of the morality of their actions, company agents are employed by shareholders to maximise returns on invested capital. It's literally the only reason the company pays them a salary from net profits.

[Devils_Avocado]

...and who owns the corporate entity? The "owners of shares"?

[vonmoltke]

Company agents are not employed by shareholders and have no contracts with them. Company agents are employed by the corporate entity.