ASSIGNMENT
Q1
Look at the list on page 223 in your textbook – Figure 12.7 – Fortune Magazine’s 2020 Top-Ten Best Places to Work. (Page 242 in the PDF file.)
Click on this link: http://fortune.com/best-companies/ (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. to see the 2021 Fortune Top-Ten best Places to Work.
Compare the two Top-Ten lists – 2020 and 2021.
Pick ONE of the companies that appears on BOTH lists.
Do some online research, go to the company’s web site, etc.
In the space below, list the company you chose that continued to appear on Fortunes Best list and briefly explain why you think it continues to be a great place to work.
Q2
Workplace Drug Testing
- What do you think about drug testing in the workplace?
- Is it really necessary?
- Are there any jobs/industries that drug testing is particularly appropriate?
- Would YOU submit to a drug test in order to get a job? Why or why not?
Q3
1/ List the 3 main forms of business ownership. Just list them.
2/ Give an example of an advantage AND a disadvantage of each form of business ownership. Three advantages, three disadvantages total.
3/ Give an example of a type of company or business that might utilize each form of business ownership. One example for each of the three forms.
4/ List the 5 factors of production used in the creation of goods and services in an economic society. Just list them.
5/ Define each of the factors of production you just listed. Brief definition.
6/ Select 2 of the factors of production you listed and explain how each contributes to the creation of goods or services in an economic society. How they are used.
