I recall them talking about how CEOs have a fiduciary duty to increase the stock price. Shouldn’t that apply to them being required to tell the fucking truth?
Yes, but marketing isn’t ever the truth; it’s Truth Massaged, an exercise in Public Relations designed to subvert truth by messaging what they consider to be the best “version” of the truth.
I recall them talking about how CEOs have a fiduciary duty to increase the stock price. Shouldn’t that apply to them being required to tell the fucking truth?
Yes, but marketing isn’t ever the truth; it’s Truth Massaged, an exercise in Public Relations designed to subvert truth by messaging what they consider to be the best “version” of the truth.
A fiduciary duty to increase stock price seems like a duty to lie.