Business Must Be Sensitive to Its Impacts on the Physical

question 36

Multiple Choice

Business must be sensitive to its impacts on the physical environment primarily because of the

• A) fiscal obligations a business has to its stockholders.
• B) intrusion into an ecosystem frequently causes favorable effects.
• C) interdependence of an ecosystem's elements.
• D) possible public perception of negligence and potential legal implications.

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