Big business, shareholders and society

The exercise was created 2020-11-10 by lovisapaalm. Question count: 34.

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  • sluggish slow moving or inactive
  • orthodoxy authorized or generally accepted theory, doctrine, or practice
  • pledge a thing that is given as security for the fulfilment of a contract or the payment of a debt and is liable to forfeiture in the event of failure.
  • to pre-empt take action in order to prevent (an anticipated event) happening; forestall
  • upheaval a violent or sudden change or disruption to something.
  • hues a color or shade
  • unaccountable (of a person, organization, or institution) not required or expected to justify actions or decisions; not responsible for results or consequences.
  • lack legitimacy lack conformity to the law or to rules
  • prosperity the state of being prosperous.
  • limited liability limited the state of being legally responsible for something
  • perks a benefit to which one is entitled because of one's job.
  • shareholder value the value enjoyed by a shareholder by possessing shares of a company. It is the value delivered by the company to the shareholder perceived - become aware or conscious of (something); come to realize or understand.
  • exploiting make full use of and derive benefit from (a resource).
  • depressing wages lower wages
  • externalities a consequence of an industrial or commercial activity which affects other parties without this being reflected in market prices, such as the pollination of surrounding crops by bees kept for honey.
  • derived from obtain something from (a specified source).
  • backlash a strong negative reaction by a large number of people, especially to a social or political development.
  • endorsing support in public
  • deploying use
  • abuse exploit in bad way
  • revoked take it away
  • portends forecast
  • pitfalls a hidden or unsuspected danger or difficulty
  • accountability the fact or condition of being accountable; responsibility.
  • to forsake abandon or leave.
  • reallocate allocate again or in a different way.
  • obsolete Out of date
  • embodied include or contain (something) as a constituent part.
  • shun avoid
  • skewed tilted
  • beneficiaries receivers of benefits
  • outsourced obtain (goods or a service) by contract from an outside supplier. consolidation - merge
  • oligopolies a few controlling operators
  • barriers to entry costs

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