Also, I don't think businesses, especially publicly traded ones, have the ability to act ethically. Let me try rephrasing my point... The world is complicated

Also, I don't think businesses, especially publicly traded ones, have the ability to act ethically. Let me try rephrasing my point... The world is complicated and decisions can be justified in a variety of ways. Morally good and bad decisions can equally be made. Therefore, companies are as moral as the people who run them. Some immoral people would have you believe that when they make management decisions they must act in a way devoid of moral concerns... but this is a radical statement and an attempt to excuse their immorality. Even Adam Smith wrote at great lengths about the moral concerns of businesses. These two are not divorced from each other.