Those who have billions and have lost half of it, still have half of it left. Their lifestyles will not change. But the real impact will be on the people at the bottom.
-Professor Muhammad Yunus
Davos, 2009
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| Should social businesses avoid making profit? |
| No, it does not avoid profit. The first aim of social business is to achieve the social objective in a financially sustainable way. Making profit without sacrificing social objective is welcome. Social businesses do not give dividends to the investors, all the profit is reinvested in the company for expansion and improving the quality of the product or service. |