Noam Chomsky Quotes

It is always sound business to take any obtainable net gain, at any cost and at any risk to the rest of the community.

I could have closed down bits of British Home Stores to make more money but it's not my style. I want to make my money as a retailer, not by putting people out of work.

Large corporations, of course, are blinded by greed. The laws under which they operate require it - their shareholders would revolt at anything less.

The history of business has shown that companies usually only regulate themselves if they're forced to by legislation, or out of self-interest - often in the shape of a marketable message that will help sell more products.

Companies should not have a singular view of profitability. There needs to be a balance between commerce and social responsibility... The companies that are authentic about it will wind up as the companies that make more money.

Doing well is the result of doing good. That's what capitalism is all about.

If someone is doing that, saving the customer money, is making a profit so bad?

As to the meaning of "corporate social responsibility," Friedman and I would agree: If a certain action improves the corporation's bottom line, there's no point in labeling it "socially responsible." It's just good business.

We in America count on the profit motive to get people to do the right thing. That's our basic American notion when it comes to business.

If it doesn’t make economic sense, it doesn’t happen

Anthracite [coal] mining is a business and not a religious, sentimental, or academic proposition.

A free enterprise system that is not underlaid with values is bankrupt.

One can be in business and pursue bad profit. That is, by practicing cronyism—rigging the system to undermine competition, innovation and opportunity, making others worse off. Good profit should lead you to improve your ability to help others improve their lives. But that’s not how many businesses act today.

Capitalism is a wonderful economic engine, but it assigns little value to long-term projects or societal problems.

Corporate social responsibility is measured in terms of businesses improving conditions for their employees, shareholders, communities, and environment. But moral responsibility goes further, reflecting the need for corporations to address fundamental ethical issues such as inclusion, dignity, and equality.

I think CSR, corporate social responsibility, is something that is becoming front and center.

You can't not approve a merger because you don't like the companies' politics. That's just not right.

The concept of corporate social responsibility (CSR) has long been used as an effective lens through which to examine the actions business can take toward ensuring mutual long-term well-being and sustainability.

A corporation that is publicly traded, it has one goal: to make money. It doesn't have a soul. If it does have a soul, it comes from the people who run it.

Why would you invest in a company which is out of synch with the needs of society, that does not take its social compliance in its supply chain seriously, that does not think about the costs of externalities or of its negative impacts on society?

Taking on corporate greed is an environmental concern.

For millennials, conducting business with a purpose that goes beyond making profits is critically important in determining the kind of company they want to work for - and the kind of company with whom they are willing to do business.

Lawmakers must stand up for companies that choose public safety over profit margins.

I want to make money but not if it involves exploitation.

As business leaders, we should not choose between profit or good; rather, we must choose to profit from good. And that requires connecting what we do with a purpose beyond profit - a reason to exist that meets our shared sense of 'doing good.'