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Chapter 1 People
People in Business
Question | Answer |
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Business | Sells goods and services for profit e.g Tesco |
Stakeholders | Involved in the operation of a business and have an interest in the business |
Investors | Provide finance to start up and develop a business |
Entrepreneur | Have initiative. Set up the business. Take a risk. do not have any ideas |
Suppliers | Supply the goods or services to the business |
Stakeholders | Entrepreneur, Investors, Suppliers, Service providers, Employees, Consumers, Government |
Service providers | Electricity, telephone, waste disposal |
Employees rights | Safe and healthy workplace. Written contract of employment, to be paid a fair wage. To join a trade union |
Employees responsibilities | Fair days work. Obey contract. Honest and loyal. |
Employers rights | recruiting and selecting the employees. Directing employees. Dismissing unsatisfactory employees |
Employers responsibilities | Providing a contract of employment. Payment of wages. Provide safe working conditions |
Trade Unions | A group that represents workers. Protects their rights and rates of pay e.g SIPTU |
SIPTU | Services, Industrial, Professional, Technical union |
Government | The government gets corporation tax from business profit |
Interest group | Groups of people who share common interest or goals. They have more power and more likely to be listened to by the decision makers. |
Interest group | Aka ,pressure groups because their activities such as public protest or publicity campaigns apply pressure to receive the results they desire |
Lobbying | (requesting meetings) promoting their views on air. e.g greenpeace |
IBEC | Irish Business and Employers Confederation |
Trade associations | Represents businesses which are in the same trade. e.g Irish Travel Agents Assocition represents travel agents |