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by OOT™
Rated: 18+ · Book · Personal · #1909913
A place to keep my personal thoughts.
#804583 added January 25, 2014 at 6:44pm
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Obligations
At what point does a for-profit company have an obligation to the social good? If your job as a CEO is to maximize profit, at what point could you justify cutting those profits to accomplish something else like lessening environmental impact, keeping jobs local, etc.?

I've thought about this prompt for awhile, and even though my opinions tend to lean the other way, I don't think a for-profit company should have an obligation to the social good. I wish they would take the social good into consideration, but to impose an obligation on them to do so is a bit much.

As far as lessening environmental impact, there are laws that somewhat ensure this. In regard to keeping job local, I am definitely an advocate of that. However, I can't say that I advocate it to the point that I would try to take away the company's right to choose.

I know a lot of people would disagree with my opinion on this, and, in ways, even I disagree with it. But, all things considered, I don't think a company should have these types of obligations.

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