If the industry can win the public's trust, he said, companies like his are likely to realize healthy and long-term profits.
The corporation values long-term profits and does not heavily rely on discounted cash flow analysis.
But the financial implications could affect Whole Foods' long-term profits.
The happy theory of business ethics is this: do the right thing and you will also maximize your long-term profit.
The local store gets very little long-term profit for its good behavior if it goes out of business before the long-term arrives.
The war is proving to be exceptionally strong television programming, and could bring long-term profits to the networks' news divisions.
Whether the club and others like it will reap long-term profits remains to be seen.
Analysts said the unit's sale would improve the company's long-term profits and reduce costs.
It shows that a clever play may fail in the short term but provide a long-term profit.
Good capitalists look down the road; they're concerned with long-term profits more than short-term.