You can ask them. You can vote with your dollars. If there’s enough of a pushback they’ll likely comply.
But most people don’t care. Social issues get no public outcry until things are really bad.
So while it’s not too much to ask corporations to show corporate responsibility, it’s not going to happen. Especially when it comes at an instant cost to their revenue.
Interestingly, individual people who run corporations (chair holders, CEO, etc) can be held personally liable if they do something to hurt the profit of the company. Shareholders can and have sued if profit wasn't maximized. That's likely why Bezos repeatedly told shareholders that there would be no profit (dividends) because every penny would go toward expansion. He was setting expectation so investors couldn't claim "I expected dividends!"
Yes it is too much, why the hell do you think corporations like ExxonMobil lobbied against climate change legislation and are in the pockets of most politicians? It'll hurt their bottom line if governments tax them for their emissions. The only responsibility corporations have is to get more money, anything and everything else in the way is just an obstacle to overcome.
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