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Originally Posted by Billi
What's in the best interest of a company and what is in the best interest of "society" may be two very different things. If you rate Amazon's interests higher than those of the rest, okay, that's your good right.
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No, I certainly don't. But companies have no obligation to benefit society, whereas they do have a duty - a legal requirement, in fact - to maximize the benefit to their shareholders. (That's under UK law. As we've discussed before, I think things may be different in German law.)