Balancing for-profit corporation

  How should a for-profit corporation balance its business needs with the needs of its customers? Lives depend on products created by some companies. Do these companies have a greater responsibility to work towards benefitting the consumer more than themselves? Look at the issue from a Biblical worldview. How would you respond if you were running such a company? Your thread must explain how you achieve the creator/consumer balance, considering, e.g.,: Profit and return on investment for company owners/shareholders Continuing existence of the company Protecting the intellectual property of the company Needs of patients, practitioners, and society