Legitimate profit is good. What's bad is profiteering.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Profit is not the legitimate purpose of business. The legitimate purpose of business is to provide a product or service that people need and do it so well that it's profitable.
Profit per se is not my motive.
Don't be seduced into thinking that that which does not make a profit is without value.
Profitability is a shallow goal if it doesn't have a real purpose, and the purpose has to be share the profits with others.
If someone is going to profit from your work, they need to earn it.
Profit is one way that you can take pride in the way you publish things and insure that you can go on doing it.
Profit is the sole criterion used by the establishment to evaluate economic activity. From the rat race to lame ducks. The vocabulary in vogue is a give-away. It's more reminiscent of a human menagerie than human society.
Profits should be for a purpose. Profits should be productive. You should make money for producing benefits that make the world a better place. Making money is a good thing when it is made in service to humanity or the democracy.
Profit in business comes from repeat customers, customers that boast about your project or service, and that bring friends with them.
Profit is sweet, even if it comes from deception.