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CH 22
Question | Answer |
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sole proprietorship | a business own by a single person |
financial capital | money needed to run and grow a business |
partnership | a business that two or more people own |
articles of partnership | legal document that states how much a partner will contribute, their role, and their share of profits and losses |
corporation | type of business owned by many people and recognized by law and has many of the same rights and responsibilities as a person |
charter | a government document granting permission to organize |
stock | ownership share of a corporation |
stockholder | owners of stocks in a corporation |
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 that will benefit its members |
labor union | group of workers who band together to have a higher chance to obtain higher pay or better working conditions |
right-to-work law | law preventing mandatory union membership |
collective bargaining | processes by which unions and employers negotiate the conditions of employment |
mediation | when a third party is brought in to help two parties achieve a compromise |
abritration | a third party listens to both sides then decides how to settle the disagreement. |
strike | when workers in a union refuse to go to work |
boycott | when consumers refuse to buy a business's product |
transparency | publishing honest information and giving full disclosure |
discrimination | prejudice based on demographic |
social responsibility | a businesses obligations to pursue goals that benefit society as well as themselves |