IBM Has a Long­standing "Reinventing Education" Program, Which Involves Intensive

question 39

Multiple Choice

IBM has a long­standing "Reinventing Education" program, which involves intensive research into how educational institutions can use the fruits of new technologies to transform what they do and thereby improve education. In the process, the program is actually helping to shape a market of significant interest to IBM. IBM views the program as an investment rather than as a charitable contribution. This is an example of the positive relationship between social responsibility and ________.

• A) social consensus
• B) secondary shareholders
• C) economic performance
• D) covert stakeholders
• E) resource munificence

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Definitions:

Salivation

The secretion of saliva in the mouth, which can be stimulated by the sight, smell, thought, or taste of food.

Unconditioned Response

A naturally occurring reaction to an unconditioned stimulus that does not require learning.

Conditioned Response

A learned reaction to a previously neutral stimulus that occurs after repeated association with an unconditioned stimulus.

Unconditioned Stimulus

A stimulus that naturally and automatically triggers a response without prior learning or conditioning.