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Social responsibility
chapter 4
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Business
10th Grade
10/20/2011

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What is Social Responsibility? 
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This is when a business has a duty tha tcontributes to the well-being of the community. 
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What are the four groups of being social resposiblitity?
Definition

Environmental Protection 

Work diversity 

Job safety 

Employee wellness 

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What is the American disabilites act? 
Definition
This is when there is someone in your business with a disabilite you must let them have access to a wheel chair ramp. Have an elavator. 
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What is the Age discrimanation Act? 
Definition

Law protects all people aged 40+  

This say you can't fire some because of there age. You cant not hire them because of there age either. 

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What is Work Diversity? 
Definition
This is when business need a range of groups that work for them in the community.    Blacks, women phyically challenged, older workers. 
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Woman, blacks, physically challenged and older works all have to have equal access to what? 
Definition
Education, training, jobs, and carerr advancement. 
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What is job safety? 
Definition
All workers need to have a place either in a factory or office that is safe for them to work in. Free of risks. 
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Is training employees part of job safety? 
Definition
yes 
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What does osha stand for 
Definition
Occupational safety and heath administration. 
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What does OSHA do? 
Definition
They set safety standards. 
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What is employee well-ness 
Definition
This is about keeping your employees healthy. Benefits are also part of this. 
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What are ways a business can have employee wellness? 
Definition

They can have weigh loss programs 

Stop smoking seminars 

Sport teams 

Consucelling for employees that have problems with drugs. 

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Are there cost to being socially responsible? 
Definition
Yes there are. 
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What is Ethic? 
Definition
Principles of morality or rules of conduct. 
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What is business Ethics? 
Definition
Rules about how business and their employees should behave. 
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What is code of ethics? 
Definition
This is a code that sets rules for guiding actions of employees or members of an organization. 
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What is conflict of interest? 
Definition
An action by a company or individual that results in an unfai benefit. 
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What is Interstate commerce? 
Definition
business dealing with companies in more than one state. 
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what does the fedral government have control over? 
Definition
They have control over the interstate commerce. 
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what is Intrastate commerce? 
Definition
This is when a business is involded with companies only in one state. 
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What does the state government have control over? 
Definition
Intrastate commerce. 
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What is the local government? 
Definition
This is like the community boards, city boards, town counicl. 
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How does the local government protects? 
Definition
police and fire fighters. 
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How does the fedral government protect us?
Definition
With the armed forces. Which is our nations defence 
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Worker protection...
Definition
Worker all have a right to have safe working conditions. 
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A person can't be denid work because of their.. 
Definition

Race 

sex 

religion 

age 

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Are contract another way the government protects us? 
Definition
Yes 
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What are contracts? 
Definition
They are agreements that exchange goods/services from something of value. 
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What are 4 elements that have to be there for a contract to be enforced? 
Definition

Legality 

Competent parties 

consideration 

agreement

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What is agreement for a contract? 
Definition
Offers nyst be made and must be accepted. 
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What is leglity? 
Definition
PRoduct / serivce must be legal
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what is consideration?  
Definition
something of value must be exchanged. Each side gets something out of it. 
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What is competent parties? 
Definition
Must me legal age and mentally there at the time. 
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What is intellectual property? 
Definition
IS purley intangible with no physical characteristics. 
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What are three examples for intellectrual properties? 
Definition

Patents 

Copyrights 

TRademarks 

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What is a patent? 
Definition
This gives the inventor the sole right to make, use , sell the item for 17 years. 
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What is a copyright? 
Definition
This protects the artist, composer and authors for there life time and 50 years after the die. 
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What is a trademark? 
Definition

A word,letter,symbol linked with specific companu or product. 

Example: niky swosh. 

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