Some businesses resist discussing social responsibility

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Some businesses resist discussing social responsibility because people believe that business profitability creates social problems. Our text points out that there is not a tradeoff between profitability and social responsibility. Recently in the news, carcinogens were traced in children's cereals as a result of the pesticides used. If you were the manufacturer of those cereals, how would you defend a social responsible argument to eliminating pesticides from your suppliers?

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