Affirmative Action - The Distance

[thatdamnJoe]

Originally Posted by Arbiter

Excuse me while I roll around a bit.

Shareholders are the greedy pigs who drive companies to pursue profits above all else. All the rest, upliftment, ethics, etc, are only activies the companies take part in to advance the profit motive in different ways.

However, a lot of good can come from a company that focuses on profit.

Like the investment companies who pushed junk mortgages to pursue profit?

The profit motive is not the be-all and end-all. Totally unregulated markets lend themselves to the nastier human habits like price collusion etc