Ethics Has to Do with How a Businessperson Making Business

question 22

Multiple Choice

Ethics has to do with how a businessperson making business decisions applies

• A) legal doctrine.
• B) moral principles.
• C) corporate policy.
• D) financial priorities.

Calculate and interpret return on total assets, return on ordinary shareholders' equity, basic earnings per share, price earnings ratio, and dividend yield.

Understand the purpose and components of general-purpose financial statements.

Recognize the importance and methods of analyzing a company's performance and financial condition over time.

Understand the significance of financial ratios in evaluating a company's performance.

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Definitions:

Milgram Experiment

A psychological experiment conducted by Stanley Milgram in the 1960s to study obedience to authority, where participants were instructed to administer electric shocks to another person.

Stanford University Prison Experiment

A psychological study conducted by Philip Zimbardo in 1971 at Stanford University, where students were assigned roles of prisoners and guards to explore the effects of perceived power.

Generalization

Drawing a conclusion about a certain characteristic of a population based on a sample from it.

Logical Support

The provision of reasons or evidence to justify a claim or argument.