In Arguments About the Social Responsibility of Business, the Argument

question 12

Multiple Choice

In arguments about the social responsibility of business, the argument that the shareholders have designated corporate managers to be their proxies is called:

• A) The shareholder argument
• B) The agency argument
• C) The promissory argument
• D) The polestar argument
• E) The role argument

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