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July 12, 2010
All Business: BP makes a joke of corporate responsibility
By RACHEL BECK
AP Business Writer
AP Business Writer
NEW YORK — Milton Friedman once said companies can't be socially responsible because they only exist to make as much money as possible.
The late Nobel laureate economist would appreciate what's going on now: A historic environmental disaster caused by a company that went out of its way to tout itself as the ideal corporate citizen.
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