Amid growing public discontent over income inequality and the burgeoning costs of healthcare and higher education, Jamie Dimon and other leaders at some of the world’s largest companies said they plan to abandon the long-held view that shareholders’ interests should come first. The purpose of a corporation is to serve all its constituents, including employees, customers, investors, and society at large, the Business Roundtable said Monday in a statement. Dimon, the CEO of JPMorgan Chase & Co., heads the group.

“While each of our individual companies serves its own corporate purpose, we share a fundamental commitment to all of our stakeholders,” the group said in the statement. “Americans deserve an economy that allows each person to succeed through hard work and creativity, and to lead a life of meaning and dignity.”

The 181 signatories include BlackRock Inc.’s Laurence Fink; Bank of New York Mellon Corp.’s Charlie Scharf; and the CEOs of several Wall Street banks, including Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Morgan Stanley, and Moelis & Co. It also includes Amazon.com Inc. founder Jeff Bezos, the world’s richest person.

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