Nearly All Businesses Need a Local Business License Just to Open

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Essay

Nearly all businesses need a local business license just to open their doors to the public. However, there is an enhanced category of business license that is meant to help regulate their respective industry. Why is it necessary to have this separate category of business license and give an example of an industry where such licenses are required?

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Definitions:

National In-group

The phenomenon of identifying more closely and positively with one's own nation or ethnic group, while maintaining a less favorable attitude towards other groups.

Conformity

The act of matching attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors to group norms, policies, or societal rules.

Disapproval

The act of expressing a negative opinion about something or someone.

Social Psychology

The scientific study of how people's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by the actual, imagined, or implied presence of others.