Corporate Profit Motive
The cluster revolves around discussions of how for-profit companies prioritize maximizing profits over societal good, ethics, or altruism, with sarcasm, defenses, and criticisms of this behavior.
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Companies do what's profitable, not what's good.
Maybe the problem is profit-driven companies...
Companies mostly care about making money, not being beneficial to human race. (not passing judgement, just observing)
How dare a profit-seeking corporation want to make money!
It's a pity companies seek profit above all else?
Sounds like you're saying that companies should only do things for profit - but only if it's actually profitable :)
... do you really expect a company, whose entire goal and motive is maximizing profit, to waste their profits? Because if so this conversation is not worth continuing.
Sounds like the profit motive has some significant issues.
Aren't they a profit motivated company?I'm not necessarily saying that's a bad thing. But it inevitably means they will not always be aligned.
You mean for profit companies only do things that are in their self interest? I am shock!