[YTNUKLR]

What my long-winded answer really is trying to say is, yes, it's the social responsibility of business to increase its profits--because it's got a comparative advantage at making wealth vs. the average joe.

However, at some point, one must ask him/herself, what is all this money good for? Just acquiring more money always? We have to look to the marginal utility of any given dollar. If the dollar will go a lot farther in someone else's hands, maybe the profit-taking should be momentarily reconsidered. Look at the U.S. Government--it's currently finding that a dollar is more marginally beneficial in the hands of a consumer versus its own government spending, so it gives out tax rebates (even to people who didn't pay taxes!).