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Thread #98909   Message #1964358
Posted By: McGrath of Harlow
11-Feb-07 - 06:19 PM
Thread Name: BS: Is Corruption OK?
Subject: RE: BS: Is Corruption OK?
You mean sometimes companies lose money, Crazyhorse? True enough, but that's not what they set out to do.

If you mean they sometimes do good deeds on the side, true enough, but that's essentially public relations. Or sometimes it might be a case of individuals with an agenda of their own which isn't basically about business at all.

There are, thank God some great non-governmental (or even anti-governmental) organisations which aren't in it for profit - but I wouldn't use the term "private enterprise" to include them. Maybe there's a linguistic difference here.