Biz Flash Cards

Question 1

A Social Audit

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is a systematic evaluation of an organization’s progress toward implementing socially responsible & responsive programs

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“Greenwashing”

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The use of deceptive marketing + advertising that portray the business as environmentally responsible

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4 Degrees of Free Market Competition (PMOM)

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1. Perfect Competition 2. Monopolistic Competition 3. Oligopoly 4. Monopoly

Question 2

Benefitts of Socialism Are:

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social equality, free education, free health care, free child care, longer vacations, fewer work hours, more employee benefits

Question 3

Compliance Based Ethics Code

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Emphasizes preventing unlawful behavior by incrasing control & penalizing wrongdoers

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Compliance Based Ethics Code

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Emphasizes preventing unlawful behavior by incrasing control & penalizing wrongdoers

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Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

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is the concern the businesses have for the welfare of society - not just their owners. Integrity/Fairness/Respect/Commitment

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Corporate Social Initiatives

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Includes forms of corporate philanthropy that are directly related to a company’s competencies

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Equilibrium Point (aka: Market Price)

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Where supply & demand lines cross which then becomes the “market price”

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Demand

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The quantity of products that people are willing to buy at different prices at a specirfic time. Lower price = more demand

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Ethics

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Guide people’s decisions how to treat one another in an honest/responsible way

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Free Market

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* decisions about what & how much to produce by buyers & sellers * negotiates prices for goods/services, not determined by sellers

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Initiatives

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the power or opportunity to do something before others do it - an “introductory step”

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Laws

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Narrower & protect us from fraud, theft & violence

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Market Price

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is the price determined by supply & demand (aka: The Equilibrium Point)

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Monopolistic Competition

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* very large amounts of sellers * very similar products which buyers perceive as different (ex: t-shirt slogans)

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Negatives of Socialism Are:

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takes away business owner’s incentives, no job creation, no wealth creation, fewer inventions & less inovation, countries fall behind, loss of highly educated people (doctors/lawyerd/etc) which results in “brain drain”

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Monopoly

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* ONE seller only * Controls total supply of products/services * Sets the Price

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Oligopoly

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* A FEW sellers dominate the market * usually have a large investment * product difference are usually the reason for success (ex: Honda=reliable)

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Perfect Competition

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*many sellers in a market & NONE are large enough to dictate the price * product appear to be identical * many sellers & identical products

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Philanthropy

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goodwill to the human race and an act/gift done or made for humanitarian purposes

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Regulation Fair Disclosure (FD)

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* requires that companies that release ANY information to share it with everyone, not just a few select people. * adopted by the SEC in the 2000’s * prevents Insider Trading

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Socialism

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The belief that the most basic businesses (steel/coal/utilities) should be government-owned so profits can be evenly distributed to the people

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Supply

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The quantity of products that manufacturers (or owners) are willing to sell at different prices at a specific time (hint: suppliers selling)

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What are Free Market Capitalism Rights?

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1. The right to own property (private ownership, buy/sell/use land, buildings, machinery, inventions, pass on to kids) 2. The right to own business & keep the profits (profits are incentives) 3. Freedom of Competition (free to compete w/other businesses & individuals) 4. Freedom of Choice (choose where to work & what career you want to follow, where to live, what to buy/sell)

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What does an Ethics Officer do?

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They are vital in enforcing the ETHICS CODE of a company/organization

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What is Brain Drain?

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The loss of the best & brightest people to other countries

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What is Capitalism?

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* an economic system where all or most of the factors or production & distribution are privately owned & operated for profit (land, stores, factories, railroads) * Capitalism is THE foundation of the US economic system * it is FOR PROFIT * Owners decide: what to produce, how much, what to charge, how much to pay workers, natl or intl production

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What is Chained Consumer Price Index (C-CPI)?

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consumers shift purchases as prices to up or down (ex: when beef gets expensive, people switch to chicken)

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What is Core Inflation?

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It’s the Consumer Price Index minus Food & Energy Costs

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What is Macroeconomics?

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operation of a nation’s economy as a whole (United States)

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What is Social Justice?

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some think businesses have an influential & important role in promoting “social justice” which includes: * charity is not enough * businesses need to give more & clean up environment * provide computer lessons * care for elderly * support low-income families

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What is The Green Movement?

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has had a positive impact on the US Labor Force by creating jobs in new industries: solar/wind/biodiesel/ethanol/etc