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| social responsibility | The duty of a business to contribute to the well-being of a community. |
| code of ethics | A set of rules for guiding the action of employees or members of an organization. |
| copyright | Protection of the creative work of authors, composers, and artists. |
| nonrenewable resource | A natural resource that cannot be replaced. |
| monoploy | When a business has control of the market for a product or service. |
| antitrust laws | Laws intended to prevent unfair business practices such as false advertising, deceptive pricing, and misleading labeling. |
| business ethics | Rules about how businesses and their employees ought to behave. |
| ethics | Principles of morality or rules of conduct. |
| patent | The exclusive rights of an inventor to make, sell, and use a product or process. |
| trademark | A distinctive name, symbol, word, picture, or combination of these that a company uses to identify products or services. |
| public utility | An organization that supplies a service or product vital to all people including companies that provides local telephone service, water, and electricity. |
