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123654777 · **on:** Jun 19, 2018

The tragedy of the commons is

a. the lack of a commons-a common place where people can come together.
b. the failure to appreciate what we have in common with other species.
c. that cost-benefit analysis involves value judgments that we do not share in common.
d. that individual pursuit of self-interest can sometimes make everyone worse off.

Question 2

Business must be sensitive to its impacts on the physical environment primarily because of the

a. fiscal obligations a business has to its stockholders.
b. intrusion into an ecosystem frequently causes favorable effects.
c. interdependence of an ecosystem's elements.
d. possible public perception of negligence and potential legal implications