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At one level, BP has recently decided to diversify less because the company’s stockmarket returns were lower than desired – the profit motive is still a concern.
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Ian Palmer, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
The police have received new funding, including for better surveillance equipment, but the profit motive for thieves — as much as 20,000 Canadian dollars, or $14,800 per car — has, so far, made the problem intractable.
—Vjosa Isai, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2024
Other publications are trying to take the profit motive out of journalism.
—David Streitfeld, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2024
Our usual sense of hours passing, subject to rules imposed by the profit motive, collapsed into a more liquid state: drowsy rather than wide awake and ready for work.
—Elizabeth Barber, Harper's Magazine, 2 Feb. 2024
Legal experts said that the nature of Weidner’s financial arrangement raises serious concerns that profit motive could dictate which cases — and how many — the cities pursue.
—Ben Wieder, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2024
The profit motive worked particularly well on the Santa Monica Freeway.
—George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2023
Sometimes, these data sets are for pure research, with no profit motive.
—Josh Hendrickson, PCMAG, 22 Jan. 2024
These people say that sorting out that potential conflict of interest will address other governance issues, including the board’s reporting hierarchy and the differing objectives between a nonprofit mission and corporate profit motive.
—Jennifer Williams-Alvarez, WSJ, 7 Dec. 2023
Ian Palmer, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
The police have received new funding, including for better surveillance equipment, but the profit motive for thieves — as much as 20,000 Canadian dollars, or $14,800 per car — has, so far, made the problem intractable.
—Vjosa Isai, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2024
Other publications are trying to take the profit motive out of journalism.
—David Streitfeld, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2024
Our usual sense of hours passing, subject to rules imposed by the profit motive, collapsed into a more liquid state: drowsy rather than wide awake and ready for work.
—Elizabeth Barber, Harper's Magazine, 2 Feb. 2024
Legal experts said that the nature of Weidner’s financial arrangement raises serious concerns that profit motive could dictate which cases — and how many — the cities pursue.
—Ben Wieder, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2024
The profit motive worked particularly well on the Santa Monica Freeway.
—George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2023
Sometimes, these data sets are for pure research, with no profit motive.
—Josh Hendrickson, PCMAG, 22 Jan. 2024
These people say that sorting out that potential conflict of interest will address other governance issues, including the board’s reporting hierarchy and the differing objectives between a nonprofit mission and corporate profit motive.
—Jennifer Williams-Alvarez, WSJ, 7 Dec. 2023
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“Profit motive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/profit%20motive. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
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