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  1. Ethics:

  2. Ethical Behavior:

  3. Consumerism:

  4. Unethical Behavior:

  5. Social Responsibility:

  6. Pollution:

  7. Collusion:

  8. Acid Rain:

  9. Recycling:

  10. Toxic Waste:

  11. Whistle&-Blower:

  12. Superfund:

  13. Check Kiting:

  14. Insider Trading:

  15. Social Opposition Approach:

  16. Social Obligation Approach:

  17. Social&-Reaction Approach:

  18. Social&-Response Approach:

  19. Social Credit:        

 

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Conducting Business Ethically and Responsibly

Ethics:

Beliefs about what is right and wrong, good and bad.

Ethical Behavior:

behavior that conforms to generally accepted social norms.

Unethical Behavior:

Behavior that does not conform to generally accepted social norms.

Social Responsibility:

The attempt to balance a business's commitments toward investors, customers, employees, other businesses, and society at large.

Pollution:

The injection of harmful substances into the environment.

Acid Rain:

Rain composed of natural moisture mixed with sulphur that has been injected into the air by manufacturing and power plants.

Recycling:

The reconversion of waste materials into useful products.

Toxic Waste:

Dangerous chemical and radioactive by&-products of various manufacturing processes. 

Superfund:

A special fund set up by Congress to help clean up heavily polluted land.

Consumerism:

A form of social activism dedicated to protecting the rights of consumers in their dealings with businesses.

Collusion:

An illegal agreement between two or more companies to agree on ("hx") prices.

Whistle&-Blower:

An employee who detects an unethical, illegal, or socially irresponsible action within a company and tries to put an end to it.

Check Kiting:

The illegal practice of writing a check against money that has not yet arrived at the bank on which the check has been drawn.

Insider Trading:

The illegal practice of using special insider's knowledge about a firm for profit or gain.

Social Opposition Approach:

An approach to social responsibility in which the company does as little as possible and often makes decisions that most people would recognize as not being in the best interests of society. 

Social Obligation Approach:

An approach to social responsibility in which the company just meets minimum legal requirements.

Social&-Reaction Approach:

An approach to social responsibility in which the company goes beyond the bare legal minimums if specifically asked to do so.

Social&-Response Approach:

An approach to social responsibility in which the company actively seeks opportunities to contribute to the well&-being of society. 

Social Credit:

A systematic analysis of a firm's success at using funds earmarked for its social responsibility goals.