The Information Superhighway Allows Instant Global Communication

question 56

Multiple Choice

The information superhighway allows instant global communication. What is one of the pressing issues of this new technology?

• A) Whether it will be beneficial only to the least industrialized nations
• B) Whether it will build or destroy human relationships
• C) Whether it will decrease national and global inequalities
• D) Whether it will increase national and global inequalities
• E) Whether it will lessen national, but not global inequality

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Definitions:

Shareholders

Individuals or entities that own shares in a company, making them partial owners of the company.

Board of Directors

A group of individuals elected to represent shareholders and make major decisions regarding the company's management, operations, and financial policy.

Business Judgment Rule

A legal principle that protects company directors and officers from liability for decisions made in good faith and in the company's best interest.

Insider Trading

The illegal practice of trading on the stock exchange to one's own advantage through having access to confidential information.