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Nitpick:

Maximizing shareholder values can include treating your workers well if you think happy workers are more productive and therefore help with profits.

Same with good customer service, environmental regulation following, and other things.

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> Maximizing shareholder values can include treating your workers well if you think happy workers are more productive and therefore help with profits.

The capital class finds it very icky when peasants are fairly treated. They typically punish ir by making like go down.

You don't need to have red skin and horns to take great pleasure in making those less powerful suffer.

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Indeed, witness the recent RTO drive across the industry for knowledge workers.