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I had a management class years ago in college where the professor made the argument that in order to be ethical, every single action a business makes must be done to increase profits for its shareholders.
Charitable donation? Only if it increases public perception in a way to be justified by the cost.
Pay your employees well? Only if paying them less would cause you to lose them to your competitors.
The list goes on. It's a very depressing way to look at the world. But as time goes by, I've realized just how accurate that professor was. Companies don't give a shit about you and will turn on you the second it makes their quarterly numbers look better.
That's the problem of thinking of companies as people. Company operate like ruthless people people they usually responde to several stakeholders that all control the company like an ouija board.