If a Firm Engages in Activities That Simultaneously Are Profit-Optimizing

question 23

Multiple Choice

If a firm engages in activities that simultaneously are profit-optimizing and socially responsible:

• A) Economists that adopt the stakeholder theory, but not the shareholder theory, will agree with its conduct
• B) Economists that adopt the shareholder theory, but not the stakeholder theory, will agree with its conduct
• C) Economists uniformly will criticize its claims of social responsibility as being highly unlikely, if not impossible
• D) Its behavior is commendable in accordance with both the shareholder and the stakeholder theories

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