Should businesses do anything they can to make a profit?

When it comes the issue of the business development strategy, some people suggest that one company should do everything it can to make money, while others maintain the opposite view. As far as I am concerned, business should not be entirely profit oriented.  

I take this view on account of the following reasons. First of all, totally profit oriented companies may make decisions and develop some industries, which may extremely destroy the environment, and overlook the health problems of human beings. For example, one chemical factory may outlet its high polluted materials directly into a river for the purpose of reducing its cost. With the new law and the development of social awareness, such kind of companies will be swept out sooner or later.  

Second to take into account is that making money not in proper methods will eventually hinder the development or even destroy the company. To make best profit, companies may be dishonest, cheat their partners, or do something illegally. Probably, they can achieve the temporary prosperity but can never develop constantly by using such tricks.  

Last but not least, employees are the fundament of the company‘s success. How can expect such dishonest and totally profit oriented companies have outstanding and real honest people.  

However, just as English proverb goes, ˜ coin has two sides? those who take the opposite view are partly reasonable that making profit really plays a crucial role in the company`s existence and continuous development.  

Even as the factor I outlined, we still can easily conclude, generally speaking, making profit should not be the orientation of business.