Jane, thank you so much for saying this.  I simply don't "get" the passionate stand around "the sole responsibility of business is making money."  I'm going to go so far as to say it is a complete cop out.

I run into people who say "show me the proof."  Prove to me that we can have "numbers and values, earnings and integrity, profits and principle," as you say so well.

John Mackey of Whole Food Markets can demonstrate this is doable, as well as Casey Sheahan of Patagonia.  Raj Sisodia, author of "Firms of Endearment: How World-Class Companies Profit from Passion and Purpose" expounded on it in an entire book.  He and John Mackey and many others have founded a movement called, "Conscious Capitalism."

No, the concepts are not new, but the good news is that, now more than ever, we do have more visible (character-based) leaders who are willing to shout from the rooftops that we can do better.

Thanks for putting this out there, Jane, and commenting on it in the context of current events.