I'll gently push back on that, and counter that companies (esp. giant corporations) are in fact, akin to a "sentient amorphous entity that wants to maximize itself along various axes".

Consider how big corps are able to get laws passed that benefit them (or stall laws that would harm them).

All this, to say that the C-suite and senior leader types are more like "ticks riding on the back of a mega-parasite", than "greedy entities deliberately transforming formerly-benign corporations into harmful entities".