More Important than Profit

My uncle owned a small business and one day he showed me around the premises. I asked him how the business was doing. He said he was just breaking even. So I asked him why does he keep the business running if he's not making a profit. He pointed to all his employees and asked me "if I shut down the business, how will these people pay the rent and send their kids to school?" I started to wonder "what if all businesses did the same thing?". What would the world be like if all employers shared the same vision as my uncle? Perhaps one way to make the world a better place would be for companies to start thinking about how to benefit society rather than simply how to make a profit.