I am not proposing any government intervention, but can't SOMEONE at the company prevent this type of distortion of reality from occurring?
If corporate boards were actually governing bodies of any sort, then this sort of thing wouldn't happen. Instead they've turned into an old boys' network where backs are reciprocally rubbed and everyone looks the other way. If the investor's best interests aren't being looked out for, why would one presume that the interests of consumers or workers would?
I am more concerned with the $178 million tax abatement my county gave to Pfizer to build its newest factory.