Comment by bradleybuda
2 days ago
In fairness, no company’s mission statement says “maximize shareholder value” because it doesn’t need to be said - it’s implicit. But I agree that AGI is at the forefront of OpenAI’s mission in a way it isn’t for Google - the nonprofit roots are not gone.
I’m not nitpicking as such, I’m just providing a counterexample because it is rather rare for a company to spell it out:
> In order to achieve our mission, we will conduct our business with the following Code of Ethics in mind:
> Obey the law.
> Take care of our members.
> Take care of our employees.
> Respect our suppliers.
> If we do these four things throughout our organization, then we will achieve our ultimate goal, which is to reward our shareholders.
https://customerservice.costco.com/app/answers/answer_view/a...
> just providing a counterexample because it is rather rare for a company to spell it out
To be fair, that's a mission statement paired with a succinct code of ethics.