[ineedasername]

All you've demonstrated is that a person made some very cogent arguments for why Sharholder Value became a dominant driving force after the 70's and why it shouldn't be that way. However, many companies are now run in that fashion. And shareholder lawsuits against corporations when they feel the leadership has not acted in their best interests are exceedingly common. So, you have a "shouldn't be like this", but the reality is it nonetheless "is like this."