1) The document discusses different corporate objectives including profit maximization, share price maximization, revenue maximization, sales maximization, and social entrepreneurship. 2) It explains the concept of profit maximization using marginal cost and marginal revenue, where a firm will produce up to the point where marginal cost equals marginal revenue. 3) The document also discusses alternatives to pure profit maximization including satisficing behavior, where firms aim to generate sufficient profits to satisfy shareholders rather than always seeking to maximize profits.