A Manager Who Primarily Focuses on the Shareholders of the Corporation

question 20

Multiple Choice

A manager who primarily focuses on the shareholders of the corporation rather than all of the vested parties in the businesses operations and activities is practicing which theory of normative business ethics?

• A) Stakeholder theory
• B) Investor theory
• C) Stockholder theory
• D) Shareholder theory
• E) Social contract theory

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