"What is different today, however, is not only the increasing number of these groups worldwide, but also the view that they are a distinct sector, one that, like government, serves essential social functions, but that has many of the entrepreneurial qualities of business. The profit, in this case, is primarily social progress." This is intriguing but I think it's important to remember that you can't, and shouldn't, abstract people into concepts like a bottom-line. It would make everyone's life *infinitely* easier it we could. Seriously. As long as you were on the right side of the line.