Answer:
B) Businesses can actually do very little in terms of social responsibility.
Explanation:
Milton Friedman is most famous for the defense of the Chicago School economics which is a neoclassical approach to macroeconomics. He favored free trade, smaller government and a slow but constant growth of the money supply. I personally disagree with neoclassical economists because they have the tendency to mess things up and time proves they are always wrong (that is a biased but positive statement). He was the father of monetarism, but if you look at his last two disciples, George Bush and George W. Bush, the outcome was not positive ⇒ 3 deep recessions in 3 presidential terms.
As a neoclassical economist, Friedman believed and argued in favor of the trickle down in economics. That means that if you allow the rich to get overwhelmingly rich, their riches will spill over to the rest of society. Not because they are good people that like to share their wealth, but because they need workers and employees to keep consuming goods and services in order to get the economy moving. Eventually the spilled over wealth should return to the top. So it is no wonder why he opposed corporate social responsibility, since wasting time and money in the community, employees or the environment was simply a waste of resources that could be used to increase stockholders' wealth.
I understand how theoretically this might work, but it takes the human factor out of the equation and expectations are extremely important in economics, that is why they always fail.
Answer:
$126
Explanation:
We can calculate the amount Mira can pay for the synthetic material per unit (refrigerator) and meet its profitability goal by deducting the estimated profit and then all the cost from the selling price per unit.
Selling price per unit $260
Less
estimated return (260x30%) = ($78)
Labor costs ($32)
Overhead costs ($24)
Material $126
Amount Mira can pay for Synthetic material per unit is $126
Answer: Option C
Explanation: The best descriptor for the term maximum sustainable yield would be "maximum catch without reducing the population of target species". The maximum level at which the natural resources can be exploited without having any serious threats to the future is called sustainable yield. So as per this case sustainable yield is the extent of hunting a species that fulfills the requirement of today and does not threat the future needs.
Answer:
3. How does the action I am proposing to take make me feel about myself?
Explanation:
According to Norman Vincent Peale, the following questions should be asked by Jake as he proceeds to make an ethical decision: How does the action I am proposing to take make me feel about myself?
According to Kenneth Blanchard and Norman Vincent Peale, authors of The Power of Ethical Management, there are three questions you should ask yourself whenever you are faced with an ethical dilemma:
1. Is it legal? Will I be violating civil law or company policy? Will I be violating the student code of conduct?
2. Is it balanced? Is it fair to all parties concerned both in the short-term as well as the longterm? Does it promote win-win relationships?
<u>3. How will it make me feel about myself? Will it make me proud? Would I feel good if my decision was published in the newspaper? Would I feel good if my family knew about it?
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Answer:
Difference in retained earnings
= $840,000,000- $825,000,000
= $15,000,000
Dividend paid = Net income - Difference in retained earnings
Dividend paid = $55,000,000 - $15,000,000
Dividend paid = $40,000,000
Explanation:
In this case, there is need to determine the difference in retained earnings, which equal retained earnings at the end minus retained earnings at the beginning.
Dividend paid is calculated as net income minus difference in retained earnings.
