Discuss the topic of maximizing shareholder wealth. This topic has been researched and studied for many years, with mixed results. For example; Irving Fisher, a prominent American Economist, argued that maximizing shareholders wealth should be management's primary goal (Cardao-Pito, 2016). Conversely, Sollars and Tuluca (2016) suggested that shareholders should only be rewarded with returns that are "commensurate with the risk they take". (p. 203).

Explain the advantages and disadvantages of wealth maximization from the perspective of a company's Chief Financial Officer. Include the effect on company stakeholders - internal (managers, employees) and external (suppliers, shareholders). Make sure that you include the effect on company stakeholders - internal (managers, employees) and external (suppliers, shareholders).

References:

Cardao-Pito, T. (2017). Classes in Maximizing Shareholder's Wealth: Irving Fisher's Theory of the Economic Organization in Corporate Financial Economics Textbooks [Electronic version]. Contemporary Economics, 11(2), 369-381.

Sollars, G. G., & Tuluca, S. A. (2018, April). Fiduciary Duty, Risk, and Shareholder Desert [Electronic version]. Business Ethics Quarterly, 28(2), 203-218.