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.
Probationary period
Explanation:
A probation is a period to see if a new hire (or new promoted worker) is suitable for their job or not. The person also can see if they like the new career or not. Depending on the company, the probation normally takes between 3 and 6 months.
The probationary period of the worker may be increased under some conditions. Extensions may be caused by a shift of duty or oversight leave took during the probationary period, etc.
Employment at will implies that an individual can be remitted without notice for any cause, unless the reason has been unlawful. Probationary periods for workers may be disadvantageous.
Answer: product platform
Explanation: A product platform could be defined as a collection elements or specifications which may include design, pattern, formular, component or a certain technology adopted for building a certain product series. A product platform is aimed at increasing the speed and rate at which a certain product is produced, added flexibility in situations where little adjustment is required, cost effectiveness as it requures little upgrade in making new products and lessens developmental cost.
Answer:
The correct answer is option d.
Explanation:
In a perfectly competitive market, it is assumed that the buyers and sellers have perfect information and take their economic decisions accordingly. But in reality, buyers and sellers do not have perfect information.
Information comes at a cost, which can sometimes be high. The rational decisions of the consumers without full information can lead to irrational outcomes.
If the cost of gathering information is less than or equal to the benefit earned from the information, the consumers will gather information and make fully informed decisions.
But if the cost is higher than the benefits, the consumers will not gather information and make a less informed decision.
