exploitation
(noun)
The act of depriving an entity of something they have a natural right to.
Examples of exploitation in the following topics:
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Complications of Globalization
- First and foremost is the exploitation of cheap labor.
- Yet still, due to regulatory environments lacking proper standards and business practices pursuing the path of least resistance, this exploitation continues.
- The destruction of natural resource pools through corporate exploitation is relatively common, and the propensity to sell products that are clearly unhealthy has picked up across the globe (i.e. fast food, alcohol, cigarettes, etc.).
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Demanding a Premium
- The practice is intended to exploit the (not necessarily justifiable) tendency for buyers to assume that expensive items enjoy an exceptional reputation or represent exceptional quality and distinction .
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The Marketing Mix
- Marketers should consider how to position the product, how to exploit the brand, how to exploit the company's resources, and how to configure the product mix so that each product complements others.
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Malware
- Since 2003, the majority of widespread viruses and worms have been designed to take control of users' computers for black-market exploitation.
- Spyware programs do not spread like viruses; instead they are generally installed by exploiting security holes.
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The State of Competition
- Forms of abuse relating directly to pricing include price exploitation.
- It is difficult to prove at what point a dominant firm's prices become "exploitative" and this category of abuse is rarely found.
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Free Enterprise
- Bremmer states, "In this system, governments use various kinds of state-owned companies to manage the exploitation of resources that they consider the state's crown jewels and to create and maintain large numbers of jobs.
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The History of the Marketing Concept
- Thus, this signifies a firm exploiting economies of scale until the minimum efficient scale is reached.
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The Benefits of Communism
- Communism supports the emancipation of women and the ending of their exploitation.
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The Benefits of Socialism
- Nationalization of key industries such as mining, oil, and energy allows the state to invest directly, set prices and production levels, publicly fund research, and avoid exploitation.
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The Disadvantages of Mixed Economies
- Marxian socialists argue that because social democratic programs retain the capitalist mode of production they also retain the fundamental issues of capitalism, including cyclical fluctuations, exploitation and alienation.