What's wrong with me viewing the business as a way for me to personally build wealth? I want to do a good job and I want to do the best of my abilities but I cannot care more than the management infrastructure does. The entire purpose of the corporation is to build wealth for their shareholders and the board so what incentive do I have that they do not have? How can I be more invested in the company than the owners and leadership of that company?

Maybe it wasn't your intention but it seems like your post is blaming the engineers for the problem rather than the people who allocate the engineers time. The engineering staff is just operating according to the demonstrated core company principles. Of which those poor principles are usually greed.