But somehow having a freeloader at the top that siphons off profits is totally fine? I would much rather have someone that I quite literally worked with, and the rest of the staff interacted with freeloading, than some franchisee owner who literally does nothing for the business. Not only would it be much easier to identify, it would be easier to socially address, or remove this person. I couldn't fire my project mates in school, in this scenario you could.

I never did a single group project at school that had a legally binding contractual agreement or a board of shareholders, so I imagine these are entirely different situations.