When articulating what we$$ve been calling $$The Narrow View$$ of business ethics, Milton Friedman says:

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$$In a free$-$enterprise, private$-$property system, a corporate executive is an employee of the owners of the business. Despite this, the corporate executive does not solely have a responsibility to his employers, but to all those affected by his decisions.$$

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$$In a free$-$enterprise, private$-$property system, a corporate executive is an employee of the owners of the business. He has direct responsibility to his employers. That responsibility is to conduct the business in accordance with their desires, which generally will be to make as much money as possible while conforming to the basic rules of the society.$$

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$$In a free$-$enterprise, private$-$property system, a corporate executive is an employee of the owners of the business. He has direct responsibility to his employers. That responsibility is to conduct the business in accordance with their desires, which generally will be to make as much money as possible, even if this breaks the laws of society.$$