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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