• gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de
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      yeah but even in that case, the CEO of the first company has a fiduciary duty to make that company make as much money as possible. intentionally crashing one company sothat other companies’ stock goes up is a gross violation of duty and can and will be punished as such assuming there’s any shareholders who only own shares of the first company.

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        Has anyone ever been prosecuted or punished for breach of fiduciary duty? My understanding is that it’s a noble concept, but absolutely toothless.

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          i’m not sure. what does happen often is that CEOs are forced to step back by the shareholders. but i’m not sure what exactly the consequences of that are.