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Chapter 22
Civics and Economics chapter 22 definitions
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Sole Proprietorship | a business owned and operated by a single person |
| Financial Capital | money used to buy the tools and equipment used in production |
| Partnership | a business owned by two or more people |
| Articles of Partnership | formal legal papers specifying the arrangement between partners |
| Corporation | type of business organization owned by many people but treated by law as though it were a person |
| Charter | a government document granting permission to organize a corporation |
| Stock | ownership share of a corporation |
| Stockholder | an individual who has invested in a corporation and owns some of its stock |
| Board of Directors | people elected by the shareholders of a corporation to act on their behalf |
| Cooperative | a voluntary association of people formed to carry on some kind of economic activity |
| Labor Union | association of workers organized to improve wages and working conditions |
| Right-to-Work Law | state laws forbidding unions from forcing workers to join |
| Collective Bargaining | process by which unions and employers negotiate the conditions of employment |
| Mediation | situation in which union and company officials bring in a third party to try to help them reach an agreement |
| Arbitration | situation in which union and company officials submit the issues they cannot agree on to a third party for a final decision |
| Strike | when workers deliberately stop working in order to force an employer to give in to their demands |
| Boycott | the refusal to purchase certain goods |
| Transparency | process of making business deals more visible to everyone |
| Discrimination | unfair treatment based of prejudice against a certain group |
| Social Responsibility | the obligation a business has to pursue goals that benefit society as well as themselves |