Sending jobs out of the country to lower costs is known as outsourcing.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
False
Outsourcing involves moving one or more internal value chain activities outside the firm's boundaries to other firms in the industry value chain. When outsourced activities take place outside the home country, the correct term is offshoring (or offshore outsourcing).
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Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Which of the following is true of a unilateral mistake?
A. Only one mistake or ambiguity is present in the subject matter of entire contract. B. Out of several contracts drafted simultaneously between two parties, one has a mistake in its subject matter that does not concern the other contracts. C. Only one party is mistaken about a material fact regarding the subject matter of a contract. D. A single mistake about a material fact in the subject matter of a contract appears several times in the contract.
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a. establishing quotas for the hiring of women and persons of color b. disparate treatment c. disparate impact d. none of these
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