The corporate ideology you're describing here is very situational. The notion that all things (ethics, civic responsibility, sustainability, long-term growth) should be sacrificed on the altar of next quarter's profits is historically young. People aren't obliged to accept it.
I expect that it will pass. During the last San Francisco Gold Rush, hydraulic mining was considered a reasonable practice:
People wouldn't do that anymore here no matter how profitable it is, because we recognize the long-term costs that go with the short-term gains. Capitalism is a fine way to structure certain socially beneficial economic exchanges, but it makes a poor religion.
I expect that it will pass. During the last San Francisco Gold Rush, hydraulic mining was considered a reasonable practice:
http://science.kqed.org/quest/2010/11/18/gold-rush-sediment-...
People wouldn't do that anymore here no matter how profitable it is, because we recognize the long-term costs that go with the short-term gains. Capitalism is a fine way to structure certain socially beneficial economic exchanges, but it makes a poor religion.