I have had the responsibility of meeting a payroll or two, small ones, but I know what that means. I worked for McKinsey Consulting and I worked for a Fortune 100 firm as well as being the Director of an MBA program for two years. So, I have some legitimate business experiences. In trying to boil down the essential points that the demonstrators are concerned about, I think their concerns go to the heart of how you make business decisions. By that I mean that when you make a decision, you are concerned about the bottom line - how will that decision affect profits, ROI and share values.
Life is hard in the business world.
For example, you can make a higher profit by shifting manufacturing jobs to China or Indonesia. Wage costs are lower and profits are higher - and you get a bonus in addition to the pleasure of travelling to China and Indonesia. There are costs to both those decisions that someone has to pay. The protestors want you to take responsibility for your decisions, not just the bottom line responsibility that you are used to taking, but also the responsibility for the costs that society has to pay on your behalf. Well, if you can't pay for the costs of the decision, don't make it.