“Evidently stockholders have forgotten more than to look at balance sheets. They have forgotten also that they are owners of a business and not merely owners of a quotation on the stock ticker. It is time, and high time, that the millions of American shareholders turned their eyes from the daily market reports long enough to give some attention to the enterprises themselves of which they are the proprietors, and which exist for their benefit and at their pleasure.” GivingLooksLongEnoughEyePleasureAttentionMillionsBalanceBenefitsForgottenEnterpriseReportsOwnersQuotationsSheetsShareholdersBalance Sheets Author:Benjamin Graham
“... Our first priority should be the people who work for the companies, then the customers, then the shareholders. Because if the staff are motivated then the customers will be happy, and the shareholders will then benefit through the company's success.” PeopleIfsShouldFirstsCompanyBenefitsCustomersPrioritiesMotivatedStaffShareholders Author:Richard Branson
“One out of every eight prisoners in the world is an African American. We are warehousing people as a profit to shareholders or for benefits to communities that get to host federal prisons. It is modern slavery.” PeopleWorldCommunityModernBenefitsSlaveryPrisonProfitEightAfrican AmericanPrisonerHostShareholdersModern Slavery Author:Randall Robinson
“I've always wanted to help build a better society and build a better company, and I always wanted a healthy, vibrant company, a healthy, vibrant society. We take care of our people, we provide them with opportunity. But I've always believed business is here to serve your clients, your shareholders, your communities. If we do this well, everyone benefits. We have to do a good job for all of them.” PeopleIfsWellsHelpingCareWantedJobsOpportunityCommunityCompanyHealthyBenefitsTake CareClientsGood JobAlways BelieveShareholders Author:Jamie Dimon
“I believe corporations that benefit from everything America has to offer should feel (ph) some sense of responsibility, not just to their biggest shareholders, but to their workers, to their customers, to their communities and, yes, to our country.” FeelsShouldBelieveCountryAmericaI BelieveCommunityResponsibilityOffersBenefitsWorkersCustomersOur CountryCorporationsShareholdersSense Of Responsibility Author:Hillary Clinton
“Shareholder value theory - the destructive idea that companies should be run solely for the benefit of shareholders - has led to financialized businesses that do not invest in the areas that will lead to future growth or the invention of useful new products.” ShouldIdeasRunningValuesGrowthCompanyProductsTheoryBenefitsAreasInventionDestructiveShareholdersNew ProductsFuture GrowthShareholder Value Author:Mariana Mazzucato