• Carrolade@lemmy.world
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    18 days ago

    The CEO is an employee, a manager. You know how shops have managers hired by the owners to run the place? If that were the motive, wouldn’t owners be the preferred target?

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      18 days ago

      Did you just say with a straight face that a CEO is simply a middleman who was powerless to change the internal workings of a system?

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        18 days ago

        He’s right to suggest that a board of directors should possibly be looked at as equally to blame for a company’s policies and actions.

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          18 days ago

          They should be, but they are harder to get to.

          I mean sure you want to kill the opposing militaries generals, but a captain or above is nothing to scoff at.

          Besides CEOs are more like a lieutenant or full bird Colonel.

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      18 days ago

      CEOs often are paid primarily in stock, so more than likely this guy had a significant ownership stake.

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      18 days ago

      If the CEO disagrees with the directions of the board, the CEO has a number of options. They can easily be considered culpable.