The author at the start of the 2nd paragraph says, "Profit and profitability are, however, crucial for society even more..........and business decisions, but rather the test of their validity". From this we can conclude that The author of this passage is of the opinion that profits and profitability are The test of validity of business existence. In 1st paragraph the author says , 'The prevailing economic theory of the mission of business enterprise and behaviour, the maximization of profit' from this we can conclude that option A is incorrect. The author in the 3rd paragraph says, 'The root of the confusion is the mistaken belief that the motive of a person — the so called profit motive of the businessman is an explanation of his behaviour or his guide to right action'. From this we can conclude that option D is incorrect. The author says, 'If archangels instead of businessmen sat in directors’ chairs, they would still have to be concerned with profitability, despite their total lack of personal interest in making profits'.From this we can conclude that option B is incorrect. Hence, option C is the correct answer.