What is the primary goal of the corporation?

Maximize Wealth $-$ should be the primary goal of the financial manager. Unlike profit $($earnings per share, EPS$)$ maximization, wealth maximization considers the impact of current decisions on the long$-$term financial health of the firm.

Social Responsibility $-$ firms should be socially responsible at the same time they earn "normal" profits; otherwise they probably will go out of business.

Wealth Maximization and Social Responsibility $-$ actions that maximize the value of the firm also are beneficial to society; wealth maximization improves the standard of living.