6 1 point A central part of the moral argument for corporate social responsibility comes from the thinking that society cannot afford all its needs unless business is forced to go beyond just paying taxes businesses have to pay taxes, so they should have to be responsible in other ways as well a large part of business success comes as much from actions that are congruent with societal values and norms as from factors internal to the company business leaders and shareholders make money, so they should be morally responsible to society, especially to the poor Previous Next