
<p>Phillip Gordon / Health & Beauty, Top / #socent, bangladesh, business, citizens united, corporate personhood, corporate social responsibility, csr, danone, danone-grameen, grameen bank, johnson and johnson, ladybud, ladybud magazine, ladybudmag, milton friedman, muhammed yunus, patagonia, phillip gordon, social enterprise, socially responsible business, yogurt /</p><p>PHOTO: Women outside a Danone yogurt factory in Bangladesh</p><p>Even though the Supreme Court has said corporations are "persons," there are many who feel they have rights, but, unlike real people, very few obligations. As economist Milton Friedman said:</p><p>"The sole purpose of business is to provide a financial return for their owners. By doing that, they are providing a social good, and are therefore adhering to the moral code while behaving in the only way possible for them."-The Social Responsibility of Business is to Increase its Profits, NY Times Magazine</p><p><a href="http://www.ladybud.com/2013/07/10/corporate-social-responsibility-is-not-a-myth/">Keep reading...</a></p>