Understanding Business with Connect Access Card
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Author: William Nickels, James McHugh, Susan McHugh
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 4.5, Problem 4.5AQ
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To determine: Whether the companies has responsibilities to which the community in which they operate beyond are obeying the laws.
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Corporate social responsibility is a business model that helps a company being socially responsible or accountable to the public and to themselves.
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Understanding Business with Connect Access Card
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