1. Trace the History of Business. : (hint: Industrial revolution, Laissez faire and entrepreneurial era, production era, marketing era, global era, internet era)
2. Select two businesses with which you have some familiarity.
a) Identify the major elements of their environments that are most likely to affect them in important and meaningful ways.
b) Identify some specific ethical or social responsibility issues that might be faced by its managers and employees in each of the following areas:
I. Environment
II. Customers
III. Employees
IV. Investors