Role+of+business+in+society

__**Topic 1 - Role of Business in society **__

The Scottish Prison Service is part of the tertiary sector which is the service this business is involved in providing a service for the public. By locking away the criminals and keeping people safe. The organisation doesn’t receive wealth as they are a service so the public pay through the government and the government pays for the wages of the staff. The Scottish Prison Service currently employs 3017 male staff and 990 female staff the Business employs 4007 staff altogether. The Scottish Prison Service is in the Public Sector and is not in the business of generating wealth. So the Scottish Prison Service is given a budget by the government and they have to show evidence of what they have been spending the government’s money on. They have to also show that they have been trying to get the best value for money deals, and spending the money effectively and efficiently.

I found out some of the information from [|http://www.sps.gov.uk] 