A manager’s duty to take actions that will benefit the interests of society as well as of the organization is known as
a. social responsibility.
b. philanthropy.
c. ethics.
d. moral rights.
e. the society motive.
a. social responsibility.
Social responsibility is a manager’s duty to take actions that will benefit the interests of society as well as of the organization.
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