"The city’s poor are like the roots of a tree; unseen, but essential to its life."
Moral Precepts are precepts of perfection.
The obligation of subjects to the sovereign is understood to last as long, and no longer, than the power lasteth by which he is able to protect them.
The general population doesn't know what's happening, and it doesn't even know that it doesn't know.
Ethical business practices are not constraints, but foundations for long-term growth.