Managing For Sustainability Set 3
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This set of Managing for Sustainability Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Managing For Sustainability Set 3
Q1 | Electronic waste is the adverse effect of
- Industry
- Agriculture
- Housing
- Mining
Q2 | Extraction of mineral and metal form the earth is:
- Agriculture
- Transportation
- Mining
- Sustainable development
Q3 | Underground and ope caste is a methods of
- Agriculture
- Mining
- Housing
- Transportation
Q4 | This is an effect of transportation
- Air emission
- Material consumption
- Solid waste generation
- Acid mine drainage
Q5 | In EIA hearing is made within
- 5 days
- 10 days
- 20 days
- 30 days
Q6 | What process may explain the decline in the number of tones of fish caught?
- Bioremediation
- Deforestation
- Extinction
- Overexploitation
Q7 | Food, space, disease, natural disaters, climate, competition and predation are examples of what?
- Capacity factors
- Limiting factors.
- Predation factors
- Sustainable factors
Q8 | Which is not a benefit of maintaining sustainable forest ecosystems?
- Empty space on which to build homes
- Habitat for thousands of species
- Reduction of erosion in watersheds
- Regulation
Q9 | In a kelp forest ecosystem, which species is a keystone species?
- Kelp
- Otter
- Fish
- Rock
Q10 | The top three ecological footprints in the world are1. USA2. Ireland3. New Zealand4. Australia5. Canada6. Denmark
- 1,2,3
- 2,4,6
- 3,5,6
- 1,2,6
Q11 | What is meant by the phrase CSR?
- Corporate Social Responsibility
- Company Social Responsibility
- Corporate Society Responsibility
- Company Society Responsibility
Q12 | What is meant by the phrase 'teleological ethics'?
- Is used to judge is an action is right, fair and honest.
- An action can only be judged by its consequences.
- Developing the individual personal characteristics.
- The key purpose of ethics is to increase freedom.
Q13 | For Karl Marx, where do our values come from?
- They are a product of our upbringing and our parents.
- They are a product of the economic system within which we live.
- They are a product of social inequality.
- They are a product of what we are taught at school.
Q14 | What does Milton Friedman believe to be the sole responsibility of business?
- The only social responsibility of business is to its shareholders.
- Managers should act in ways that balance the interest of society and shareholders.
- The primary responsibility organizations have is to its employees.
- The primary responsibility organizations have is to its stakeholders.
Q15 | What, according to Adam Smith, is the best way to promote collective interest?
- Through government making decisions about what is in the public interest.
- Through everyone working together to support each other.
- Through everyone working on their own self-interest
- Through individuals forgoing their personal interest for the good of the collective.
Q16 | Why, according to stakeholder theory, is it in companies' best interests to pay attentionto their stakeholders?
- If firms only act in their own self-interest employees may feel exploited.
- If firms only act in their own self-interest government might put more regulation on them.
- If firms only act in their own self-interest customers might not like the image that the company portray.
- If firms only act in their own self-interest and inflict harm on stakeholders then society might withdraw its support.
Q17 | What is the enlightened self-interest model of CSR?
- That it is in an organization's own best interest to put itself first rather than its ethics.
- That it is in an organization's best interest to consider what a shareholder would want.
- That it is in an organization's own best interest to act in an ethical way.
- That it is in an organization's own best interest to follow the legislation and abide by the law.
Q18 | What is green washing?
- Transforming products to be more ethical.
- Making a product appear more ethical that it really is.
- Converting the company to green production methods.
- Convincing customers to buy ethically.
Q19 | What is triple bottom line?
- An accounting tool that looks at the impact on people, planet and profits.
- A management strategy which states all the attention should be on profits.
- An accounting tool that looks at cost, profit and loss.
- A management strategy which focuses on corporate social responsibility.
Q20 | Why do alternative organizations run differently from conventional shareholder led approach?
- They do not have shareholders.
- They are run in non-hierarchical ways which aim to provide a positive impact on society rather than to make profit.
- They priorities corporate social responsibility.
- They aim to give money to charities and good causes.
Q21 | What does and Ethical Foundation for an organisation embody?
- The structure, operational and conduct of the activities of the organization
- The basic principles which govern the external and internal relations of the organization
- Neither of the above
- All of these
Q22 | What does the importance of ethical behaviour, integrity and trust call into question?
- The extent to which managers should attempt to change the underlying beliefs and values of individual followers
- Who does what
- What we do next
- None of the above
Q23 | A ________ _________ sets out the purpose and general direction for the organisation?
- Mission statement
- Purpose statement
- Vision
- Profit statement
Q24 | Which of the following would most effectively act as the primary objective of a business organisation?
- To make a profit
- To procure resources
- To communicate with shareholders
- To mediate between the organisation and the environment
Q25 | What is the purpose of a balanced scorecard?
- To measure contribution of people to business growth
- To combine a range of qualitative and quantitative indicators of performance
- To relate business performance to customer satisfaction
- To relate business performance to financial measures