Yet others, admittedly a minority, hold a more optimistic view of the profit motive in education as a means to improve educational outcomes.

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There are states that have sought to integrate a more holistic approach to corporate decision-making, but the traditional view of shareholder and profit-centricity prevails.

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Gives a bad name to non-profit orgs, in my view and unfortunately to the transparency business too.

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The fact that TARP assistance to banks made a profit for the taxpayer supports my view on that.

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In the old, narrow view of capitalism, business contributes to society by making a profit, which supports employment, wages, purchases, investments, and taxes.

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Thanks to reporting by Bloomberg today, we are getting the view that JPM in London has run amuck trying to become a major profit center by specializing in corporate derivative transactions similar to those used in the lead-up to the mortgage meltdown in 2007-2008 that caused several banks to become insolvent and need to be bailed out.

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From the tax point of view it's not such a bad idea to run a museum as a for-profit venture.

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It is easy to imagine circumstances in which a monopoly would charge less than the text-book profit-maximising price, either to extend its market (with a view to raising prices later) or to deter new entrants (a strategy known as limit-pricing).

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Responding to claims that the closures were about privatisation and profit the chief executive said such a view was "completely inaccurate".

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