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1997

Virtue of Profit

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Profit And Ethics, C. William Pollard Oct 1997

Profit And Ethics, C. William Pollard

C. William Pollard Papers

In this speech delivered at Northwood University's Center for Ethics in Business (West Palm Beach, FL), Pollard asks whether the business firm can be a "stabilizing force" in society, one which is as concerned with moral development as it with maximizing profit.


The Theory Of The Firm, C. William Pollard Jan 1997

The Theory Of The Firm, C. William Pollard

C. William Pollard Papers

This document serves as an outline for a speech given at the 1997 International Leadership Conference in Birmingham, England. For Pollard, the theory upon which a business firm is founded is that maximizing profits leads to economic prosperity.