Social Responsibility During The Progressive Era

The government regulates issues involving social responsibility because it is its job to keep the citizens of its state safe. I'll speak only in terms of the United State's government for this question. If a business is not treating its employees well, overpricing its goods or services, and/or is polluting the government, the government should step in to protect its citizens. For example, during the Progressive Era, there were terrible working conditions and many violent accidents. President Theodore Roosevelt put several laws into place that helped the workers (the Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914, the Adamson Act of 1916, and the Keating-Owen Child Labor Act of 1916).
I think the amount of government regulation involving social responsibility
issues is healthy as is. I think it should be common sense that business owners should do what they should to not have issues regarding social responsibility. They can do this by treating their employees well, by giving them wages they deserve and a safe environment to work in; by pricing their goods and/or services fairly (especially if the goods or services are in demand and without much competition); by doing their best to take care of the environment in any way they can. These not only show social responsibility but improves the profit of the business. After all, one can say that social responsibility in enforced in workplaces almost completely for profit.