And some of those companies are actually creating things that are of benefit to society too.
Although these products are taxed, neither produces a net economic benefit to society.
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What makes the endeavor worthwhile is that the benefit to society can be great and the potential market is huge.
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Gupta should be treated fairly and fairness would be sending him home to his family and not to some prison camp that would offer no benefit to society.
This could open the door for the government to more easily allow immigration for humanitarian reasons, like the earthquake in Haiti, as the U.S. begins to see immigrants as a benefit to society, rather than cost.
Systems developed by every human society are meant to benefit society.
Even if executives wanted to forgo some profit to benefit society, they could expect to lose their jobs if they tried and be replaced by managers who would restore profit as the top priority.
This is different from what O'Neill had in mind, which aimed mostly to benefit society at large.
City of York Council has approved the development of a business plan for what it calls a community benefit society to run the city's 13 libraries.
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The Three Horseshoes in Charsfield, closed in May last year leading to the formation of a community benefit society which aims to re-open it.
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The Volker Medal is for hydrologists who have applied their research and hydrological expertise to the benefit of society, addressing issues of public interest and development.
The jerseys will be auctioned off after the game, with proceeds going to benefit the American Cancer Society.
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Meanwhile, Prime Minister David Cameron issued an Easter message in which he praised the "incredible role to the benefit of our society" of faith institutions.
Business schools, Mr Zingales says, are ideally positioned to point out when an action that provides a benefit for an individual comes at a cost to society, but in reality they rarely bother.
People who wish for the state to leave them be benefit society far more than those seeking expanded social services.
As the state spends less and does less - which would be happening whichever party was in government - there would be a positive benefit if some parts of society were to step forward and do more.
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Mr Davey, the MP for Kingston and Surbiton, said plans to limit housing benefit would affect some of society's poorest.
Democratic citizens know that they must bear the burden of responsibility for their society if they are to benefit from its protection of their rights.
But what will allow the shared value economy to gain mass adoption, and benefit an entire society?
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The 10 targets in the WSIS Plan of Action for improving access and connectivity to ICTs by 2015, which were endorsed by 175 Member States, were all rated as very important to achieving an information society that would benefit all of humanity.
If organizations align their CSR efforts with their business strategy, enabling one to fuel the other, they might equally benefit society and themselves.
These are competitive jobs, not make work employment, for individuals who move off of the public benefit systems to become contributing, tax paying members of our society.
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The BMA says that scrapping all charges could improve care and benefit society, by reducing hospital admissions, helping patients to return to work more quickly following illness.
Incarcerating Raj for life is a mistake and there are other ways to send a message to Wall Street, punish him for his mistakes and benefit society.
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Geological knowledge allows us to identify viable resources and renewable geological processes, which may benefit or threaten society.
Persistent cheats will have their benefit stopped, and investigators will be given new powers to search bank and building society accounts of suspects.
Current sentences often send non-violent, first time offenders to prison for decades, so there is no Act that would benefit society or the person imprisoned for that period of time.
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But it's hard to tell exactly where society comes down on the balancing the risk-benefit scale.
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