> Obviously the entire reason for a companys' existence is to make money why should we expect anything else? Also this is true for every company in history. In

> Obviously the entire reason for a companys' existence is to make money why should we expect anything else? Also this is true for every company in history. In Elizabethan times, company charters (and the subsequent right to create and hoard profit) was granted by the queen as a reward for the company doing the work required by the state. Money was a secondary reason for a company's existence, their primary reason was to further the interests of the monarchy and by extension the country.