Explain Wettstein's Conditions for Determining When a Company Is Complicit

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Essay

Explain Wettstein's conditions for determining when a company is complicit in human rights violations. In the case of "IBM's Business with Hitler," which of these conditions, if any, did IBM meet? Does Wettstein's theory show that IBM was complicit?

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Definitions:

Unemployment

The condition of someone being without a job despite actively looking for work, expressed as a percentage of the labor force.

Aggregate Demand

The total demand for all goods and services within a particular market or economy, including consumption, investment, government spending, and net exports.

Inflation

The velocity at which the total cost of products and services surges, reducing purchasing capacity.

Unemployment

The situation of being without a job, while actively looking for one and willing to work.