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When did it become wrong to make a profit either domestically or internationally? There is a common belief often heard in government and the media now that only evil corporations make a profit. However, profit is what drives product improvements, don't you think? Rather than being unethical, profits are what allow us to have faster PC's, better TV's, improved medicines and faster airplanes - correct?

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When did it become wrong to make a profit either domestically or internationally? There is a common belief often heard in government and the media now that only evil corporations make a profit. However, profit is what drives product improvements, don't you think? Rather than being unethical, profits are what allow us to have faster PC's, better TV's, improved medicines and faster airplanes - correct?

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It became the notion that it's wrong for corporations to make a profit due to the corporations that did so through unethical means. When companies act like several different companies have, by using things like child labor, ...

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