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| Social Responsibility | The duty of business to contribute to the well-being of society. |
| Producer | The people who make or provide goods and services. |
| Raw-goods Producer | A type of producer that provides goods in their natural state. |
| Manufacturer | A type of producer that changes the shapes or forms of materials so that they will be useful to customers |
| Builder | A type of producer that constructs roads, bridges, buildings, or houses. |
| Trade Industries | Businesses that buy and sell goods to others; retailers and wholesalers. |
| Retailer | A business that buys consumer goods or services and sells them to the ultimate consumer |
| Wholesaler | Intermediaries who help to move goods between producers and retailers by buying goods from producers and selling them to retailers. |
| Service Business | A type of business that performs intangible activities that satisfy the wants of consumers or industrial users. |
| Economic Responsibilities | Companies need to make sure that the company itself if profitable. |
| Legal Responsibility | Requirements placed on company by law. |
| Ethical Responsibility | Corporation leadership core mission aligns to their actions. |
| Philanthropic Responsibilities | Going above and beyond ethical responsibility making an effort to benefit society. |
| Business | An organized effort to produce and/or distribute goods and services. |
| Accounting | The process of keeping and interpreting financial records. The process of gathering, recording, organizing, and reporting financial data. |
| Customer Relations | All the activities a business engages in to interact with its customers. |
| Finance | The process of obtaining funds and using them to achieve the goals of the business. |
| Human Resources Management | The process of planning, staffing, leading, and organizing the employees of the business. |
| Information Management | The process of accessing, processing, maintaining, evaluating, and disseminating knowledge, facts, or data for the purpose of assisting business decision making. |
| Management | The process of coordinating resources in order to accomplish an organization's goals |
| Marketing | The process of creating, communicating, delivering, and exchanging offerings that have value for customers, clients, partners, and society at large. |
| Operations | The day-to-day activities for continued business functioning. |
| Production | The economic process or activity of producing goods and services. |
| Financial analysis | The process of planning, maintaining, monitoring, controlling, and reporting the use of financial resources. |
| Venture capital | The money “angel” investors put into start-up businesses. |
| Strategic management | The process of planning, controlling, and organizing an organization or department. |
| Ethics | The basic principles that govern your behavior |
| Regulations | An established set of rules |
| Business ethics | The moral or ethical problems that can arise in a business setting; and any special duties or obligations that apply to people who are engaged in business. |
| Business trends | The general tendency or direction in a market or industry. |
| Environmental scan | A process that systematically surveys and interprets relevant data to identify external opportunities and threats. |
