Managing For Sustainability Set 4
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This set of Managing for Sustainability Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Managing For Sustainability Set 4
Q1 | Which of the following does the term Corporate Social Responsibility relate to?
- Ethical conduct
- Environmental practice
- Community investment
- All of the above
Q2 | Who are organisational stakeholders?
- Government
- Employees
- Customers
- All of the above
Q3 | What is Ethics to do with?
- The wider community
- Business
- Right and wrong
- Nothing
Q4 | Which of the following is an example of an area where business ethics apply?
- Conduct of international operations
- Nowhere
- In the personal life of staff
- None of the above
Q5 | Which legislation relates to the concept of business ethics?
- Freedom of Information Act
- Food Act
- Building regulations
- All of these
Q6 | The four types of social responsibility include:
- legal, philanthropic, economic, and ethical
- ethical, moral, social, and economic
- philanthropic, justice, economic, and ethical
- legal, moral, ethical, and economic
Q7 | The ________ dimension of social responsibility refers to a business's societalcontribution of time, money, and other resources.
- Ethical
- Philanthropic
- Volunteerism
- Strategic
Q8 | A stakeholder orientation includes all of the following activities except:
- generating data about stakeholder groups
- assessing the firm's effects on stakeholder groups
- distributing stakeholder information throughout the firm
- minimizing the influence of stakeholder information on the firm
Q9 | Stakeholders are considered more important to an organization when:
- they can make use of their power on the organization
- they do not emphasize the urgency of their issues
- their issues are not legitimate
- they can express themselves articulately
Q10 | A (n) ________ is a problem, situation, or opportunity requiring an individual, group, or organization to choose among several actions that must be evaluated as right or wrong.
- Crisis
- ethical issue
- indictment
- fraud
Q11 | Which moral philosophy seeks the greatest good for the greatest number of people?
- Consequentialism
- Utilitarianism
- Egoism
- Ethical formalism
Q12 | What type of justice exists if employees are being open, honest, and truthful in their communications at work?
- Procedural
- Distributive
- Ethical
- Interactional
Q13 | A high-commitment approach to environmental issues may include all of the following except:
- risk analysis
- stakeholder analysis
- green-washing
- strategic sustainability auditing
Q14 | Better access to certain markets, differentiation of products, and the sale of pollutioncontrol technology are ways in which better environmental performance can:
- increase revenue
- increase costs
- decrease revenue
- decrease costs
Q15 | Atmospheric issues include all of the following except:
- acid rain
- global warming
- air pollution
- water quantity
Q16 | To be successful, business ethics training programs need to:
- focus on personal opinions of employees.
- be limited to upper executives.
- educate employees on formal ethical frameworks and models of ethical decision making.
- promote the use of emotions in making tough ethical decisions.
Q17 | Most companies begin the process of establishing organizational ethics programs by developing:
- ethics training programs.
- codes of conduct.
- ethics enforcement mechanisms.
- hidden agendas.
Q18 | For referent power to be effective, what must exist between individuals in the relationship?
- Antipathy
- Rivalry
- History
- Empathy
Q19 | When a firm charges different prices to different groups of customers, it may be accused of:
- cultural relativism
- money laundering
- facilitating payments
- price discrimination
Q20 | The ability to interpret and adapt successfully to different national, organizational, and professional cultures is called:
- national competitiveness.
- global development.
- cultural intelligence.
- stakeholder sensitivity.
Q21 | Successful global initiatives addressing standards for business must begin and end with:
- the role of corporate governance and shareholder power in corporate decision making.
- social activism
- the implementation of standardized ethics programs.
- the consolidation of economic and environmental efforts.
Q22 | The social economy partnership philosophy emphasizes:
- cooperation and assistance.
- profit maximization.
- competition.
- restricting resources and support.
Q23 | Which of the following is not a driver of responsible competitiveness?
- Policy drivers
- Development drivers
- Business action
- Social enablers
Q24 | Which of the following is a problem presented by ethics audits?
- They may be used to reallocate resources.
- They identify practices that need improvement.
- Selecting auditors may be difficult.
- They may pinpoint problems with stakeholder relationships.
Q25 | The first step in the auditing process should be to secure the commitment of:
- employees.
- top executives and directors.
- stockholders.
- customers.