Long ago, in an otherwise forgotten law school class, I listened as the distinguished professor declared, with uncharacteristic emotion, “The purpose of a corporation is to make money.” Across the room, a young woman raised her hand and suggested that the professor might not be correct.
“The purpose of Ford Motor Co.,” she politely offered, “might actually be to manufacture cars so customers can get around faster or more safely. Or the purpose of Bethlehem Steel [this was a long time ago] might be to produce beams on which a nation could be built.”
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