BUS 206A #3

Question 1

firms incr. their awareness of the influence of internatl activities on their future...

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Internationalization

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costs that are absorbed by society rather than incorporated into the cost of making the product

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Social costs

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participation in the formulation and execution of public policy at various levels of government

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Political involvement

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a market where the largest firm has the lowest costs & is able to drive out its competitors

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Natural monopoly

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involves using biology to discover, develop, manufacture, market,and sell products and services

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Biotechnology

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id tags that Web sites drop on our personal computer hard drives to recognize repeat visitors

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Cookies

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people who strongly advocate open markets with private firms moving freely across the globe

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Globalist

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Money given to minor officials to expedite processes.

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Grease Payments

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composed of many firms in a given industry or line of business

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Trade associations

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the collection of indiv. donations that are then delivered to the candidate in a lump sum

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Bundling

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influencing public officials to promote or secure the passage or defeat of legislation

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Lobbying

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non-profit organizations that are allowed to spend soft money on campaigns

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527s

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Corporations operating with offices, factories, and headquarters in more than one country.

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Multinational Corporations (MNCs)

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distinct groups realize they have something in common that might warrant joining forces

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Coalition

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perfect means 2 identify person&thus raises quest of priv & poss discrim based on gene factors

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Genetic profiling

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people who have taken to the street to protest the expansion & greed of corp global enterprises

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Antiglobalists

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the total set of technology-based advancements or progress taking place in society

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Technological environment

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governing,directing according 2 rule or bringing under the ctrl of law or constituted auth

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Regulation

Question 19

donations made directly to candidates

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Hard money

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Allows foreign individuals to sue U.S. firms in U.S. courts for companies’ actions abroad.

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Alien Tort Claims Act (ATCA)

Question 21

number of new agencies created, expenditures,& growth patterns of the budgets of fed. reg. agen

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Direct cost

Question 22

Forms,reports,&questionnaires that busi.mustcomplete to satisfy requirements regulatoryagencies

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Indirect costs

Question 23

a field that deals with the ethical issues embedded in the commercial use of biotechnology

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Bioethics

Question 24

attempt to assess the moral justifications for corp actions&the results of those actions

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Ethical impact statements

Question 25

the totality of the means employed to provide objects necessary for human sustenance & comfort

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Technology

Question 26

occurs when the speed of technological change far exceeds that of ethical development

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Ethical lag

Question 27

fake groupthat appear to be genuine grassroots butcreated&funded by a prof organ or trade assoc

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Astroturf Lobbying/grasstops

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using the internet 2 amass grassroots support & enable grassroots supporters 2 cont their legis

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Cyberadvocacy

Question 29

the raw materials with which a human body is built

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Embryonic stem cells

Question 30

unsolicited commercial e-mail. It is sent through “open-relays” to millions of persons.

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Spam

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companies electronically watching, monitoring, or checking up on their employees

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Surveillance

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a contribution made to political parties instead of political candidates

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Soft money

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The global economic integration of many formerly national economies into one global economy.

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Globalization/ Globalism

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groups of like-minded businesses using financial resources to influence government

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PACs

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emerging nations, developing countries

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Less-developed countries

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Attempts to influence the outcomes of deci where the nature of the influence aren't made public

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Corruption

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individual citizens who might be most directly affected by legis. activity, to political action

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Grassroots lobbying

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Characterized by child labor, low pay,poor working conditions, worker exploitation, etc.

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Sweatshops

Question 39

the process of turning over to the private sector that was previously handled by a gov body

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Privatization

Question 40

Trade in goods, services, the internatl movement of labor, & internatl flows of capital & info.

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Transnational economy

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what can be developed will be developed

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Technological determinism

Question 42

the use of body measurement,i.e eye scans fingerprints for determining and confirming identity.

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Biometrics

Question 43

every form of state intervention that affects industry as a distinct part of the economy

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Industrial policy

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Money given, often to high-ranking officials, to get them to purchase goods or services

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Bribery

BUS 206A #3

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BUS 206A #3

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