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Ethics and Mission Statement
As business emerged from the profit-oriented in 1980s, values and social responsibilities were being emphasized on corporate mission statements.
(34) Because greed was out, and ethics were in. Business and their employees
(35) became actively engaged in less activities that contributed to their communities.
(36) To spell out their goals, companies were increasingly developed codes of ethics.
(37) Mission statements that were written because they required consensus and
(38) commitment. Not everyone who, however, agreed with the trend toward the
(39) strong social stances of some public corporations. Respected economist Milton
(40) Friedman contended, "Many Few trends could so thoroughly undermine the very
(41) foundation of our free society as the acceptance by corporate officials of a social
(42) responsibility other than to make as much more money for their stockholders as
(43) possible. The CEO of Levi Strauss & Co. expressed another one viewpoint about
(44) mission statement, saying that "our compliance-based program sent to a
(45) disturbing message to our people — WE DON’T RESPECT YOUR INTELLIGENCE OR TRUST YOU".