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Question: One of the central debates in business ethics concerns the nature of corporatesocial responsibility-specifically, whether corporations have moral obligationswhich go beyond maximizing profit for stockholders. With direct reference to theessays by Friedman, Freeman and Heath, write a critical essay on the theme ofcorporate social responsibility. You should address the question: What are thesocial responsibilities of a corporation? Is a corporation solely responsible formaximizing profits for stockholders? Or do corporations have socialresponsibilities which go further than this, say to stakeholders or to themarketplace?