> Making a profit needs to be balanced with the reason the company is in business, (i.e. the needs of its customers), its employees, and the environment. I com

> Making a profit needs to be balanced with the reason the company is in business, (i.e. the needs of its customers), its employees, and the environment. I completely agree. I also don't think, that public sector is always optimal. Public institutions some times tend to be inefficient. The problem, I see in many privatizations, is that profits are the main (and sometimes only) motive and any efficiency improvements are put into shareholder value instead into public benefit.