; and (B) in addition to the purpose of the United States corporation under the articles of incorporation in the State in which the United States corporation is incorporated, if applicable. (c) Standard of conduct for directors and officers (1) Consideration of interests In discharging the duties of their respective positions, and in considering the best interests of a United States corporation, the board of directors, committees of the board of directors, and individual directors of a United States corporation— (A) shall manage or direct the business and affairs of the United States corporation in a manner that— (i) seeks to create a general public benefit; and (ii) balances the pecuniary interests of the shareholders of the United States corporation with the best interests of persons that are materially affected by the conduct of the United States corporation; and (B) in carrying out subparagraph (A)— (i) shall consider the effects of any action or inaction on— (I) the shareholders of the United States corporation; (II) the employees and workforce of— (aa) the United States corporation; (bb) the subsidiaries of the United States corporation; and (cc) the suppliers of the United States corporation; (III) the interests of customers and subsidiaries of the United States corporation as beneficiaries of the general public benefit purpose of the United States corporation; (IV) community and societal factors, including those of each community in which offices or facilities of the United States corporation, subsidiaries of the United States corporation, or suppliers of the United States corporation are located; (V) the local and global environment; (VI) the short-term and long-term interests of the United States corporation, including— (aa) benefits that may accrue to the United States corporation from the long-term plans of the United States corporation; and (bb) the possibility that those interests may be best served by the continued independence of the United States corporation