how business is organized
types of businesses
labor
employers' tools and outside help
vocab
100

a business owned by one person

 what is sole proprietorship

100

a company with permission to sell another's products for a sum of money

what is a franchise

100

group of workers looking to improve wages and working conditions

what is a labor union

100

management closes a workplace to prevent union workers from working

what is a lockout

100

a government document granting permission to organize a corporation

what is a charter

200

the money used to run or expand a business

what is financial capital

200

a business that doesn't make any money and doesn't plan to

what is a non-profit organization

200

state laws forbidding unions from forcing workers to join

 what are right-to-work laws

200

a tactic when striking worker walk with signs to show their grievances

 what is picketing

200

the people elected by the shareholders of a corporation to act on their behalf

what is a board of directors

300

the legal responsibility for something

what is liability

300

a business owned by many people but treated by laws as if it was a person

 what is a corporation

300

a process by which unions and employers negotiate the conditions of employment

what is collective bargaining

300

situation where union an company officials bring a third party to reach agreement

what is mediation

300

someone who buys stocks of a company or organization

 what is a shareholder

400

a business owned by 2 or more people

what is partnership

400

a business owned by 2 or more people

 what is partnership

400

workers stop working in order to force the employer 

what is a strike

400

situation where union and company officials submit issues they have to a third party for a final agreement

what is arbitration

400

someone who oversees daily business and hires other officers

what is a president

500

the amount of money made from a business

 what is income
500

a business owned by 1 person

 what is sole proprietorship

500

a court order to stop some kind of action

what is an injunction

500

when a company moves to another place,ridding jobs

what is outsourcing

500

someone who works at a company and is the lowest rank in a company

what is an employee