Originally Posted by cooker

That's not their role in society. A corporation's role is to make money and if the management or any employees actually try to act ethically or altruistically and it hurts the bottom line, they will be fired and/or sued. Proponents will say corporations contribute to the common good by providing employment and products we want (which is a good thing) but there is no mechanism for any internal checks on any spinoff harm they might do. Ergo, it is up to the rest of us to externally regulate them with laws, boycotts, public shaming etc. to ensure the damage they do in pursuit of profit is limited.