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ACP Business chapters 1-10 test
What is the primary goal of a business? - ANS-to earn a profit

What are the types of economic resources - ANS-natural, human, capital

what is an example of a natural resource - ANS-land

what is an example of a human resource - ANS-physical and mental abilities that people use to
produce goods and services

what is an example of capital resource - ANS-funds used to acquire the natural and human
resources needed to provide products

1st of 3 basic economic questions - ANS-What goods and services, and how much of each will
satisfy consumers' needs?

2nd of 3 basic economic questions - ANS-How will goods and services be produced, who will
produce them, and with what resources will they be produced?

3rd of 3 basic economic questions - ANS-How are the goods and services to be distributed to
consumers?

How are they answered in each economic system- communism - ANS-The government owns
and operates all businesses and factors of production. Central gov. What goods, how they will
be produced, and how they will be distributed.

Typically end up really poor, low standard of living)

How are they answered in each economic system- capitalism - ANS-Competition, supply, and
demand determine which goods and services are produced, how, and how they are distributed

Free-market system where all economic decisions are made without government intervention

How are they answered in each economic system- socialism - ANS-Central planning determines
what basic good are produced, how they are produced, and how they should be distributed

Individuals and small businesses provide other goods and services based on the consumer
demand and availability of resources

What is competition? - ANS-The rivalry among business for consumers' dollars

,pure competition - ANS-The market structure that exists when there are many small businesses
selling one standardized product

No one business sells enough of the product to influence the product's price, so prices solely
determined by supply and demand

Ex: wheat, barely, corn

Monopolistic competition - ANS-The market structure that exists when there are fewer
businesses than in pure competition environment and the differences among the goods they sell
are small

Fewer businesses than in pure-competition environment and the differences among the goods
they sell is small

Ex: aspirin, soft drinks, vacuum cleaners

Oligopoly - ANS-The market structure that exists when there are very few businesses selling a
product

Individual businesses have control over their products' price, because each business supplies a
large portion of the products sold in the marketplace

Monopoly - ANS-The market structure that exists when there is only one business providing a
product in a given market

Natural gas, water, utility companies

They are needed so much that consumers can't compete for sales; government allows
monopoly

Chapter 2 - ANS-Chapter 2

Define business ethics - ANS-Principles and standards that determine acceptable conduct in
business

Personal Ethics -individual's values, principles, and standards of conduct

Determined by organization as well as stake holders (customers, competitors, and government
regulations)

recognize ethical issues in business - ANS-Ethical issue - an identifiable problem, situation, or
opportunity that requires a person to choose from among several actions that may be evaluated
as right or wrong, ethical, or unethical

, Examples of ethical issues - ANS-Example: Bribes with payments, gifts, or special favors

Also, can be related to culture --> in Japan gifts yes in USA gifts no

Misuse of Company Time

Abuse and Intimidating Behavior (some people accept yelling others do not)

False Advertising

Fairness and Honesty

Follow all laws and regulations

Do not harm customers, employees, clients, or competitors

In competition not bullying or bulldozing over other companies to hold

Conflict of Interest

Most common; person must choose whether to advance his or her own personal interests or
those of others

Misuse of Company Resources

Excessive amount of time reading personal e-mails, tax evasion and charging the business for
things

Improving ethical behavior option 1 - ANS-Codes of Ethics

Formalized rules and standards that describe what a company expects of its employees

Provides guidelines and principles

Improving ethical behavior option 2 - ANS-Whistle blowing

The act of an employee exposing an employer's wrongdoing to outsiders, such as the media or
government regulatory agencies

Improving ethical behavior option 3 - ANS-Beginning to make integrity based initiatives that
make ethics a part of core organizational values

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