Discuss whether stakeholders can gain mutual benefits in all business organisations.

According to the federal government, 24% of workers covered by their company’s health care plan were not required to contribute to the premium (Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2006). A recent study found that 81 out of 400 workers sampled were not required to contribute to their company’s health care plan.

Has a statistically significant decline occurred in the proportion of workers receiving free company-sponsored health care insurance? Use $\alpha$= .05.

Economist Milton Friedman in the 1970s launched an entire school of economic thought that insisted that:

a. Corporations were morally obliged to contribute to the communities where they do business in order to create an equitable and sustainable society

b. The only social obligation of corporations was to increase profits for their shareholders

c. Corporations should develop relationships with stakeholders in order to improve business prospects

d. Corporations should promote educational opportunities for the poor

Consider the function $y=\frac{x^{2}-x-2}{x-2}$. a) What value of x is important to consider when analysing this function? Predict the nature of the graph for this value of x. b) Graph the function and display a table of values. c) Are the pattern in the table and the shape of the graph what you expected? Explain.

Business districts are full of distractions. List five reasons why drivers or pedestrians might be distracted. How might these distractions affect the actions of pedestrians?

Using the examples of a sole-trader business and a public limited company, explain how the relationship between ownership and control differs in these two types of organisations.

The success of the John Lewis Partnership (owning John Lewis department stores and Waitrose supermarkets) shows that giving all employees a substantial stake in the performance of a business and opportunities to influence management decisions has advantages. The $2013$ annual employee profit share bonus was $17 \%$ of their salaries up from the $14 \%$ of the previous year. This annual bonus is one reason why JLP has the lowest rate of labour turnover of any major UK business.

According to Charlie Mayfield, the chairman of the Partnership, the 'we're all in this together' spirit is central to the modern growth of John Lewis and Waitrose. Sales at JLP outlets are rising at a faster rate than for other competing retailers, showing that customers increasingly appreciate the 'never knowingly undersold' promise of the business and its huge range of quality, value for money products. Local communities and central government benefit from the huge investment programme of JLP $-$ it spent $\pounds200$ million on new stores and refitting existing ones even when the UK economy was in recession. Suppliers are competing strongly with each other to make sure that their products are displayed in the JLP stores as it gives brands additional prestige. JLP claims that all major strategies consider ethical and CSR issues as well as their potential profitability.

Perhaps only JLP's competitors might feel aggrieved at the success of this business. But some business analysts claim that even rival retailers can benefit from JLP's growth for example, by copying some of its practices and business models. The performance of the Sports Direct stores has been transformed since the business introduced a generous employee share ownership scheme.

Explain how two internal stakeholder groups and two external stakeholder groups can benefit from rising sales and profits at JLP.

Sandy has twenty-four $0.02,$0.37, and $0.39 stamps. The total value Sandy has in stamps is$7.08. She has twice as many $0.02 stamps as$0.37 stamps. How many of each stamp does Sandy have?

When "The Old Man and the Sea" opens, how long has it been since Santiago last caught a fish?

Write the integer or description that represents the situation.

On Monday, the price of an online movie dropped $3 in the morning and then another$3 that afternoon. The following Monday morning, the price increased by $6. The price of the online movie _______________ changes from Monday morning to the following Monday morning.

On Monday, the price of an online movie dropped dollar 3 in the morning and then another dollar 3 that afternoon. The following Monday morning, the price increased by dollar 6. The price of the online movie ---- change from Monday morning to the following Monday morning.

How are U.S. businesses demanding socially responsible behaviour from their international suppliers?

A nation has an unfavorable balance of trade when:

TRUE OR FALSE: Foreign direct investment is the approach that a business can reach the global market.