“The purpose of a company is to make a profit for its owners, PERIOD.”
(I’m not defending the article’s position.)
To state that “The purpose of a company is to make a profit for its owners, PERIOD.” is pretty much a wholesale rejection of the protestant work ethic which is the very foundation of the free market.
If there is no greater good served than “making a profit” then them marketplace will eventually descend into a orgy of thievery.
Making a profit in and of itself IS the “greater good.”
Do you understand how business profits benefit nearly everyone in society, even the non-owners?
Without profits, businesses have no reason to exist.