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There is one and only one social responsibility of business - to use it resources and engage in activities designed to increase its profits so long as it stays within the rules of the game, which is to say, engages in open and free competition without deception or fraud.

Milton Friedman
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"The Social Responsibility of Business is to Increase its Profits By Milton Friedman". James Duffy, Original article from the New York Times Magazine, www.morethanaccountants.co.uk. September 13, 1970.
There is one and only one social responsibility of business - to use it resources and engage in activities designed to increase its profits so long as it stays within the rules of the game, which is to say, engages in