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Businesses must remain financially viable, and profit can reward risk, investment and useful production. The ethical problem arises when profitability is presented as a complete defence for suffering imposed upon others.
Consumers are often encouraged to change society through what they buy. Purchasing decisions can support improved practices, but individuals face limited information, unequal incomes and markets designed by institutions more powerful than any one buyer.
Water, electricity, healthcare, housing, transport and communication can be essential to modern life. Private providers may deliver them effectively, but profit creates risks where customers cannot realistically refuse the service or choose another provider.
A company may comply with existing law and still cause serious environmental, social or health damage. Laws can be incomplete, outdated, poorly enforced or influenced by the industries they are intended to regulate.
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