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SOCIAL FORCE

An element in society that is capable of causing a change in cultural ideas and influence people.

SOCIAL VALUE

A concept including social capitaland the wellbeing of citizens and their ability to make decisions that will affect them.

SOCIAL STRUCTURE

The organisation of society that is based on patterns of interaction between parents, teachers and students, employees and employers that have been regulated by the accepted norms and vaues of a society.

SOCIAL WELFARE

Factors like environmental quality, crime levels, drug abuse levels and the availability of services essential for life.

SOCIAL ORIENTATION

A philosophy in business that takes the well being of a society into account as well as the customers’ satisfaction.

SOCIALIST

A person or in dividual who follows and lives by the principles of a Socialist ideology or dogma.

SOCIALIZATION

The process where people acquire knowledge, social skills, and language to be able to conform to the workings of a society.

SOCIAL STRATIFICATION

A rigid subdivision in society that creates a hierarchy of layers that sre differentiated on the basis of wealth, prestige and power.

SOCIAL NETWORK

The people, family and frinds that form a system that is interconnected where alliances will be formed, information swapped and strings pulled.

SLANDER OF GOODS

An intentional cast of aspersion on a person’s goods and merchandise.

SOCIAL CAPITAL

The goodwill and trust that a company acquires from the community by understanding the concerns of citizens and addressing them.

SERIF TYPE

A classic type face that has extensions at each termination in the letter.

RUST BOWL

An area with a lot of manufacturing businesses that have all moved operation or closed down.

RUNNING YIELD

The percentage of income annually from bonds at a set price that ignores any ‘pull’ that is caused by its closeness to its date of redemption.

RURAL

An area that is sparsely populated and located away from a city. Characterised by farming areas, open spaces and vegetation.

SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM

Funded by tax and payroll contributions it provides the money for governemnt programs to assist the unemployed, disabled, retired and disadvantaged.

SOCIAL GOOD

An action that will result in a benefit being available to the general public.

SLUDGE

A residue of a semi-liquid consistency from industrial processes and the traetment of sewage and waste water.

SIMPLEX CONNECTION

A channel of communication where signals only flow in an outward direction and cannot flow back into the channel. Radio and television broadcasts are an example of this.

SERIAL CORRELATION

A correlation that is undesirable but remains undetected by statistical techniques. A non-random pattern.

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