The Divorce of Ownership from Control and Stakeholders
Abstract
It is said that within a company, shareholders are after profit making while managers are after their own interests. Also, corporations are said to have stakeholders other than shareholders and managers that are affected by the actions they take, though not owning or employed by them. It will be discussed in this essay that whether the statement is accurate.
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