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I don't know about the "we pay taxes" specifically.

But there are examples like Google and Facebook "don't expect any dividends" [1]

Then there are a whole host of Corporate Social Responsibly activities [2] where companies promise to spend income on social programmes and other nice things.

CSR is a growing movement.

You can participate in ISO 26000 [3] which has a section on involvement in the community and other activities which potentially eat into raw profit.

Companies can also get certified as SA 8000 [4] compliant but that is aimed more at the treatment of workers.

[1] http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2014/11/06/why-google-...

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate_social_responsibilit...

[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_26000

[4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SA8000

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