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Chapter 22 Vocab
Business and Labor
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Sole Proprietorship | Business owned by a single person |
| Financial Capital | Money used to buy the tools and equipment to produce |
| Partnership | A business owned by two or more people |
| Articles of Partnership | Formal legal papers specifying the arrangements between partners |
| Corporation | Type of business organized and owned by many people but treated by law as though it were one person |
| Charter | A written document granting land and the authority to set up colonial governments |
| Stock | Ownership share of a coporation |
| Stockholders | An individual who has invested in stock |
| Board of Directors | People elected by shareholders of a corporation to act on their behalf |
| Cooperative | To help |
| Labor Unions | Association of workers organized to improve wages and working conditions |
| Right-to-Work Laws | 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 unions and company officials bringing in third party companies to help them come to an agreement |
| Arbitration | When unions and companies submit their problems to a third party company to come to a final decision |
| Strike | When workers stop working to try to force the company to give into their demands |
| Boyott | The refusal to purchase certain goods |
| Transparency | Process of making business deals visible to everyone |
| Discrimination | Unfair treatment on people based on prejudice of a certain group |
| Social Responsibilities | The obligation of a business to pursue goals that benefit themselves as well as society |