ECONOMICSthewishto makemoney:This isclearlyanissuewhere thebankmust putethicalstandardsabove theprofitmotive.(Definition ofprofit motivefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary? Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofprofit motive
profit motiveThe sacred hunger of the title refers to theprofitmotive.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.When there is aprofitmotiveinvolved people will push any illegal substance.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He links theprofitmotiveto the satisfaction of consumer wants and society's well-being.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Another common criticism of theprofitmotiveis that it is believed to encourage selfishness and greed.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Prize will be awarded to those individuals or organizations rendering significant service to rural development and poverty alleviation without anyprofitmotive.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Turning corporations loose and letting theprofitmotiverun amok is not a prescription for a more livable world.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.With theprofitmotivegone, no effort would be made to encourage its use by private dispensers of narcotics, and the drug peddler would disappear.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.There is emphasis on the need for the actions of all economic actors to be informed by ethics as well as theprofitmotive.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/profit-motive##
