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That's an externality; shareholders can sue the board of directors if they find out it is company policy to waste resources on it beyond its potential costs to the company: PR + legal liability + probability of causing new regulation * the cost of adhering to said regulation.

Sucks, but that's capitalism. However, there are a few states now which allow you to have some charitable clauses in your corporate charter.



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