Love Productions have not acted In a way a decent private sector company, should act, they have only considered short term profits over everything else.
Whilst companies are made up for profit that's true, there is nowadays " social responsibility " there is " reputation risk, if a business is all out for profits and doesn't consider its impact on people.
We see at Southern Rail where not working with employees and the public it fails.
Big companies such as " certain coffee companies" that make " " big Bucks" but do not pay U.K. taxes, or companies associated with the Internet who do not care for the people in the regions they work but transfer their profits to tax havens, get a lot of negativity from the public and reputation risk to the company.
Here Love Productions have exploited the BBC and refused an enhanced good offer and sold out to C4 for an excessive £25 million.
Love didn't consult its prized talent, hence they leave, and clearly as thry hoped into a taxi to C4 - and signed up in an hour, had had prior communication with C4 and discard the £ deal behind the BBC back, and clearly had board meetings prior on strategy.
This company must not have,
Reputational risk policy or training.
Social policy on giving back to the community where it works.
Companies who rip off the public with excessive profits are frowned on, and in the end, damage their image, and in this situation have killed the golden goose laying the golden egg, and created considerable negative comment.
Now " everyone" through social media and tabloid press knows Love Productions for very negative reasons, worse than estate agents or banks, and for the company that is bad news, the main commissioner for there work now will avoid them.
The business will go the way of other businesses that ripped off the public. Nothing wrong with making a decent profit, just do not go too far.
C4 didn't undertake due diligence on this deal, they didn't insist the people talent were tied in, they were too keen to sign up in an hour for a headline, and upset ten million viewers. The deal is outside there remit and will be a stick to best thrm with for privatisation, that's a massive own goal.