Of course there is an inherent conflict between profitability and social benefit: The morality of raw profit optimization is indifferent to human concerns. For

Of course there is an inherent conflict between profitability and social benefit: The morality of raw profit optimization is indifferent to human concerns. For example, it made more financial sense for a tobacco company to generate FUD about lung cancer and avoid the truth as long as possible, because it was of greater benefit to shareholders, which is what a publically-owned corporation is legally obligated to optimize, human consequences be damned.