This document discusses the objectives that businesses typically set and factors that may cause them to change. Common business objectives include survival, profit, returns to shareholders, growth, and market share. Objectives may shift based on economic conditions or the priorities of different stakeholders like owners, workers, managers, customers, government, banks, and the community. Business objectives could change to pursue higher profits, market share, or returns during better economic times, or shift to short-term survival during a recession due to pressures from various stakeholders.