Economics debate HELP: business has an obligation to be guided by fair rate of return?

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hi!!! i need help with my economics debate. I don't really know where to start. i have the affirmative side to this proposition:
Business has an obligation to be guided by the idea of a fair rate of return.

anything can help. thanks!
 
In one way, this doesn't make much sense. What is a "fair" rate of return? If you find an investment that has a return that isn't "fair" are you supposed to eschew profit or claim more (from whom?) to make it fair? In another way, it does make sense. If two parties agree to a mutually advantageous transaction, then, by definition, the rate of return is fair. So, as long as all transactions are voluntary, any return on those transactions is fair.
I suspect, though, that someone is trying to impose a third-party definition of "fair" on the debate. This, in itself, isn't fair because a non-participant cannot possibly value the preferences of the parties involved.
 
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