Rodgers Vs. Mackey

Read:

Rethinking the Social Responsibility of Business: A Reason to Debate Featuring Milton Friedman, Whole Food’s John Mackey, and Cypress Semicondutor’s T. J. Rodgers. Pages 231-239

Discuss the concept that corporations add far more to society by maximizing “long-term shareholder value” than they do by donating time and money to charity.

How important is this concept to business, society, and to you? Which position do you believe is more accurate…Rodgers or Mackey?