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by privong·12y ago·view on hn ↗
> I don't understand the whole "If you behave logically as a business we hate you" sentiment.

I agree with this. Businesses will work to maximize their benefits under a system (just like most humans will).

> It is the job of a business to make money, the most money possible, at all costs. That is its single purpose existing.

I think that is the market-pressure for what businesses should do and the single goal of many investors. But I am not sure convinced that is truly the single purpose of a business.

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Yes, the concept of a Benefit Corporation [1] does exist, and we should encourage more of them, and more business to write their charters to act like them. Maximizing investor profit is only one metric of a business.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benefit_corporation