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Chapter 22
Civics and Economics chapter 22 definitions
Term | Definition |
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Sole Proprietorship | a business owned and operated by a single person |
Financial Capital | money used to buy the tools and equipment used in production |
Partnership | a business owned by two or more people |
Articles of Partnership | formal legal papers specifying the arrangement between partners |
Corporation | type of business organization owned by many people but treated by law as though it were a person |
Charter | a government document granting permission to organize a corporation |
Stock | ownership share of a corporation |
Stockholder | an individual who has invested in a corporation and owns some of its stock |
Board of Directors | people elected by the shareholders of a corporation to act on their behalf |
Cooperative | a voluntary association of people formed to carry on some kind of economic activity |
Labor Union | association of workers organized to improve wages and working conditions |
Right-to-Work Law | state laws forbidding unions from forcing workers to join |
Collective Bargaining | process by which unions and employers negotiate the conditions of employment |
Mediation | situation in which union and company officials bring in a third party to try to help them reach an agreement |
Arbitration | situation in which union and company officials submit the issues they cannot agree on to a third party for a final decision |
Strike | when workers deliberately stop working in order to force an employer to give in to their demands |
Boycott | the refusal to purchase certain goods |
Transparency | process of making business deals more visible to everyone |
Discrimination | unfair treatment based of prejudice against a certain group |
Social Responsibility | the obligation a business has to pursue goals that benefit society as well as themselves |