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gdanmitchell wrote:
I read this a lot, and not just in reference to Canon, but to all businesses and corporations.
It is certainly true that for-profit companies must, over the long term, make a profit in some way if they intend to continue to exist. However, I think it is a bit too cynical to think that the profit motive and nothing else is always the sole motivation for doing whatever it is that the company does.
One check on this is to think about your own world. The answer will likely be different from person to person, but is your only motivation in your professional life that fact that you get a paycheck? For photographers, is your only motivation for being in the business of photography the money you will make. (If it is, you might want to look into another field... ;-)
I know that there are corporations at which the profit motive can and does cause the company to act irresponsibly and even unethically, but in quite few cases it is more of a balancing act between the undeniable importance of profit and the company's (or the individual business owner's) principles and pride and values. Just because (clearly, and with no argument from me) profitability is central to a company's success, it does not follow that nothing else is important.
Take care,
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Yeh, tell that story to the stock holders of Canon. There is only one reason why I invest my money into a stock...to make a profit. Sure, if a company has unethical practices, I'll look elsewhere, but when I put my money into a stock, I do it with the assumptions I'll make money from that investment.
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