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C/B/2093. Social responsibility and profit maximisation

WORDS:
1950
DATE:
2010
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19.99 GBP

The paper looks at the concept of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and business ethics reflecting on the idea of Milton Friedman that the only responsibility of business is to increase its profits. Managerial models of business behaviour are reviewed, a search for profit is considered from an ethical perspective.

 

KEYWORDS: Profit maximisation, corporate social responsibility, CSR, business ethics, Milton Friedman,