L. Cox The Price Is Unfair! A Conceptual Framework of Price Fairness Perceptions Recent news coverage on pricing portrays the importance of price fairness. This article conceptually integrates the theoretical foundations of fairness perceptions and summarizes empirical findings on price fairness. The authors identify research issues and gaps in existing knowledge on buyers’ perceptions of price fairness. The article concludes with guidelines for managerial practice. he issue of price fairness has
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Lowering the minimum age can cause many problems towards the people in society. Although some may think raising the minimum wage can benefit them‚ they have not factored in that the economy can drastically changes An increase in minimum wage would cause unemployment and inflation. The unemployment would increase‚ especially those that are unskilled and have little or no experience. According to the Wage Gap‚ “The simple rules of supply and demand dictate that any increase in the minimum wage that
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The Minimum Wage Debate Business Ethics: The Minimum Wage Debate Minimum wage is defined as the lowest amount that employers can legally pay their workers per hour of labor. Most states have laws in place to enforce the minimum wage; those that do not are subject to the federal minimum wage of $7.25. There are both benefits and drawbacks of this type of policy. Many supporters of a minimum wage believe it increases the standard of living and reduced poverty. Those that oppose a minimum wage
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current minimum wage is eight dollars and thirty-eight cents an hour in the state of New Jersey. Many minimum wage workers go on strike because they want the wage to be raised to fifteen dollars an hour. The wage should not be raised to the insane fifteen an hour. It should not be raised because unemployment rates will skyrocket‚ prices at stores where minimum wage workers work will go up‚ and because their jobs do not deserve fifteen dollars an hour. So why raise the wage? Is a minimum wage job
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Impact of Petrol Price Hike Economics State-run oil companies announced a hike of Rs 7.50 per litre in petrol prices - a direct fall-out of elevated international crude oil prices‚ which had until now not registered a pass-through in domestic market prices; thereby impacting the financial and liquidity position of oil marketing companies (OMCs) in the country. A depreciating rupee has only added to this pressure. While diesel and LPG prices have been left untouched‚ this move is expected to provide
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Cigarette price increase The article is about the minimum price of cigarettes of RM7 for a pack of 20 cigarettes is not a new measure and has been in place since January 2010. More than half of the minors (53%) said they buy their own cigarettes‚ while 30% got them from friends in Malaysia‚ 55% of the adolescent smokers smoke less than 10 sticks per day in Kelantan‚ 95% of shops sold cigarettes to minors without verifying their age. There are over 80‚000 retail outlets selling cigarettes throughout
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of an elevated minimum wage. The author recognizes both the pros and cons of the situation and outlines what each side of the change means. For instance‚ for a poor‚ low-skill worker‚ a higher minimum wage gives them a better wage to live off. A living wage could also help limit poverty‚ strengthening our economy. On the other hand‚ some low-skill workers could even be out of a job because the higher minimum wage discourages employers from hiring them to begin with. A higher minimum wage does not
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The Moral Minimum: A Complex Standard Each person has a set of personal values and morals that they hold themselves accountable to‚ whether for religious reasons or the result of years of environmental conditioning. These standards of behavior often go above and beyond the laws set in place by government. Just like individuals‚ a business entity chooses a standard of moral behavior to uphold. A difficult task to undertake‚ considering businesses are comprised of people with varying behavioral
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has been a debate on the subject of a statutory minimum wage. Different parties have different point of views about it. The unionists believe setting a higher amount can help to reduce the continuously increased wealth gap in Hong Kong‚ but the businessmen worry that it will increase the operating costs of their businesses. I will discuss the pros and cons of a statutory minimum wage in the following paragraphs. For the advantages‚ firstly‚ a minimum wage can force employers to offer reasonable
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they impose the minimum wage laws‚ which dictates the lowest price for labor that any employer may pay. Nonetheless‚ although the starting point of estimating minimum wage laws is good‚ many economists‚ such as American economists named Henry Hazlitt‚ indicate that the minimum wage is the worst method and wrong way to enhance the wage. Why is the minimum wage bad way? As we know‚ the minimum wage law is used to help the poor‚ however‚ it actually hurt them. Owing to the minimum wage laws‚ plentiful
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