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In Robert Solomon's book A Better Way to Think About Business, one of the most important questions we were to focus on was whether personal integrity can lead to corporate success. There were many areas of discussion but one of the most important is that some people say that a corporation is a citizen and a member of society so it has the obligation to follow the law and behave with integrity to increase welfare for the whole of society. Some people contradict with the point that the main and perhaps only goal of a corporation is to earn profits and maximize the welfare for its shareholders.
Mr. Solomon believes that, indeed, a corporation is a member of society and has the moral and legal responsibilities that all members of society have and that is to promote the greater good. Nobel laureate Milton Friedman once wrote that the social responsibility of business is to increase its profits. This flies in the face of Solomon's beliefs as well as others who believe that business......

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