Conscious Capitalism: Can Empathy Change The World?

Warby Parker is one of the new B Corps creating socially responsible business
In the late 19th century, a concept called the Progressive Movement crept through the vineworks of American business thinking. While there were many aspects of Progressivism–including cleaning up local government, one of the more high-minded Progressive theories worked like this: A working factory would be drop-shipped onto an agrarian community and provide prosperity for a local populace surrounded by the natural wonders of clean air and water.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/patrickhanlon/2012/09/23/conscious-capitalism-can-empathy-change-the-world/