what historical trends have affected the social resposibilites of business? Solution Various types of historical trends have affected the social responsibilities of business in a positive way. The Principles of scientific management saw its first roots due to the historical industrial inefficiency in the business back in late 19th and 20th century. In terms of women’s role in the industry revolution, there was a marked change of attitude on the minds of the people over the years and more acceptance of the ‘Working class’ image of the women in general in the field of business. To throw more light upon this aspect, let’s go back to the days of the Industrial revolution to tap the historical trends of the same: There was a dire need to working opportunities for the women in working class families during the days of the Industrial revolution due to the economic crisis in their families. The scope of opportunities for the women revolved primarily in the area of domestic services, daily wages labor class workers or in the textile mills. However, the working environment was not very conducive for the women to work in due to unhygienic conditions prevailing at that time along with the exposure of them to the hazardous work surroundings. There was also no parity witnessed in the wages that were granted to the men and that to the women for similar jobs. Men assumed higher positions than women in the working class families. However, due to the cash crunch faced by the economically regressed families, the dependencies upon the women as well, to get into the working class families increased. Women also faced oppositions from the male fraternity from banning them from working in certain areas that the males believed women could not do justice with. However, with the advent of new and emerging technologies, women’s scope of work migrated from domestic maids or factory workers to now, clerical jobs too. Accordingly their independence in the field of work rose. The awareness among the women fraternity now started increasing with women fighting for their rights in the working system. With rapid industrialization, women stood up to voice their opinions and started demanding for equality with the status and facilities availed by the men. As a result, a healthy competition initiate in the labor class of the society with the men trying to keep pace with the women in every field which was earlier predominantly managed by men. However, due to the wages differentiation still posing as a challenge for the women who expected parity in terms of the wage structure as well, there grew a demand for the female workers in factories and other places owing to the concept of availing women laborers for cheaper wages. However, with women trying to strike balance between the household as well it was necessary for them to contribute to the earnings in the family by getting themselves employed outside the household, the lives of their children became more challenging since they had.