The federal government has the responsibility to create laws which guide the activities of the people of a particular country. Through these laws, the federal government determine and regulate people's behavior and activities. There are laws guiding virtually every activities that people engage in a country.
A department that is traditionally focused on domestic issues could become involved in foreign policy-making because of two main reasons:
- It can regulate a good or service given internationally. For example, it can be clothes or technological devices.
- Foreign policy-making (or foreign relations), also regulates behavior that could have an international consequence. For example, it could be a business that contaminates the environment.
Perhaps the greatest reason for the creation of corporations is that it limits the liability of the individuals who both the corporation and the shareholders. The most a shareholder can lose in the value of his investment in the company. This provides and incentive to invest.
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