hat is beneficial to the society that they are a part of. One of the most beneficial things, for society, that a business can accomplish, is to maximize profits. By making a surplus of money, they create cash flow, which, many times, is reinvested into the community, if not directly, then through a trickle down effect. For instance, people and businesses that have a lot of money usually put it into a bank, which can then be lent by that bank to other people who wish to by a house, who, when buying a house, support the local contracting organizations, so on and so forth. So, most people would probably agree, that it is good for a business to maximize profit; however, is maximizing profit the greatest good? I think not. If Immanuel Kant were a part of a conversation on the social responsibility of a corporation, he may bring up his theory of the categorical imperative, which says that we should act in such a way that it would be good for the maxim of our actions to become a universal law. If we say th
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