2.1 Business in Society
The complex and diverse nature of society, representation and inclusion, business impacts on society and societal impacts on business.
How to study WJEC GCSE Business
Learn the concept, apply it to the named business and stakeholder, use qualitative or quantitative evidence, and make a context-limited judgement.
Core concepts
Concept 1
Diverse groups and people traditionally underrepresented in business contribute perspectives, skills, enterprise and innovation.
Exam cue: Identify the WJEC unit, business context, stakeholder and command word before selecting theory or evidence.
Concept 2
Business affects employment, prosperity, living standards, tax, technology, culture and consumer needs at local, national and global scales.
Exam cue: Use evidence about the locality or group, avoid stereotypes and trace a two-way relationship between business and society.
Concept 3
Demographics, attitudes, interests, lifestyles, social change and challenges shape business activity and behaviour.
Exam cue: Trace the decision through a business consequence, use qualitative or quantitative evidence and finish with a context-limited judgement.
Risk pitfalls and guardrails
Treating diversity as a slogan rather than explaining a business or societal contribution and consequence.
Guardrail: Avoid generic chains, unsupported current figures and cross-board assumptions; make every point depend on the given business evidence.
Importing the legacy WJEC two-exam structure, the Eduqas route or an England 9-1 grading convention.
Guardrail: Use qualification code 3160QS or 3160CS and the four-unit untiered structure; do not import the legacy WJEC or Eduqas route.
Listing generic advantages and disadvantages without applying them to the named Welsh, UK or global business context.
Guardrail: Avoid generic chains, unsupported current figures and cross-board assumptions; make every point depend on the given business evidence.
Memory anchors
Pluralistic society
A society containing multiple groups, identities, interests and viewpoints.
Diversity
The presence and inclusion of people with different identities, backgrounds and experiences.
Representation
The extent to which different groups participate and are visible in decisions or activity.
Standard of living
Material wellbeing supported by income, goods and services.
Demographic change
A change in the size, structure or characteristics of a population.
Social change
A shift in social attitudes, behaviour, institutions or relationships.
Checkpoint rule
Do the check-up only after you can summarize each concept in one sentence and identify one dangerous pitfall from memory.
Knowledge Check (after reading)
Short check-up to confirm understanding of this module.
Check-up Questions
A Bangor engineering firm recruits from groups previously underrepresented in technical roles. Which business benefit is most plausible?
Which practice most directly supports inclusion?
Answer all questions to submit.
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