Forty-four years ago, economist Milton Friedman changed the way corporations did business with <a href="http://www.colorado.edu/studentgroups/libertarians/issues/friedman-soc-resp-business.html">his declaration</a> that “there is one and only one social responsibility of business — to use its resources and engage in activities designed to increase its profits so long as it stays within the rules of the game.”

Power-suited corporate executives turned their attention to increasing stock prices, upping dividend payments and boosting earnings, all as part of maximizing shareholder value.

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