Originally Posted by iseeyou

Have you ever worked in a large corporation?

A large corporation is not a single mind. It can consist of hundreds,thousands of minds, usually working constructively but sometimes a few minds might become destructive to others in the corporation.

Also, many (my guess is most) employess are more concerned about their personal profit than the corporations profit or the execs profit. Some people may make decisions,actions which increase their own profit but will lead to a long-term reduction in corporate profits. some people might even just straight up embezzle money from other workers,execs,shareholders

Human beings are far from perfect and not always rational (including me and you). I dont rule out the possibility that some corps exist for reasons other than monetary/financial gain. Maybe some guy started a corporation mainly to increase his chances to get laid or boost his perceived chances of entering heaven. But maybe that corp did not survive long (or maybe it did). I am just throwing out some alternative motives for human behavior.