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CIPS Exam L3M1 Topic 1 Question 15 Discussion
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'The costs of business activities which are not reflected in the costing of a product or service and paid for by consumers, but which are borne by the wider community -- such as the costs of pollution and associated ill health, traffic congestion or environmental degradation' are known as:
We are now aware that the cost of externalities to society are considerable. A simple example would be that proximity to flow of motor vehicles is likely to increase ill-health requiring state-funded medical services where they exist, to treat at state (taxpayers') expense those who become ill. In the UK the number of people affected this way is believed to be numbered in the tens of thousands an-nually. Thus some businesses' cost structures do not reflect their true cost to society.
Another example would be the discharge of untreated waste into rivers or the sea, where the com-panies undertaking these activities may not be contributing financially to the cleaning up required.
In future years there is likely to be much debate about this, as some people will attempt to find ways to make companies pay the full cost of running their businesses.
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