2. All those who are affected by or can affect the ~perations of the organisation are known as:
Correct : C. stakeholders
3. The stakeholder view of social responsibility states that organisations must respond to the needs of
Correct : C. all interested parties
4. A firm is said to have good corporate social performance when:
Correct : D. stakeholders are satisfied with its level of social responsibility
5. A socially responsible mutual fund will only purchase stocks in companies that
Correct : D. have good social performance.
6. A whistle blower is an employee who
Correct : A. exposes organisational wrongdoing
7. Which one of the follciwing approaches to creating an ethical and socially responsible workplace is likely to be the most powerful?
Correct : C. Top management acting as models of the right behavior
8. A recommended way of minimising unethical behaviour is for employees to
Correct : D. confront fellow employees about ethical deviations
9. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) consists of which four kinds of responsibilities
Correct : D. Economic, legal, ethical, and philanthropic
10. Which of the items listed is NOT a product of a "favourable corporate reputation"?
Correct : D. Ignore the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
11. Typical Codes of Conduct cover conduct described below. In the aftermath of Bhopal, the chemical industry wishing to demonstrate responsible corporate citizenship has added which additional behaviours set out below
Correct : B. Continuous improvement, communication with external stakeholders and training of suppliers on the standards
12. Why, according to stakeholder theory, is it in companies' best interests to pay attention to their stakeholders?
Correct : D. If firms only act in their own self-interest and inflict harm on stakeholders then society might withdraw its support
13. What is triple bottom line?
Correct : A. An accounting tool that looks at the impact on people, planet and profits
14. Why do alternative organisations run differently from conventional shareholder led approach?
Correct : B. They are run in non-hierarchical ways which aim to provide a positive impact on society rather than to make profit
15. Which of the following would most effectively act as the primary objective of a business organisation?
Correct : B. To make a profit
16. Which of the following does the term Corporate Social Responsibility relate to?
Correct : C. All of the above
17. Who are organisational stakeholders?
Correct : D. All of the above
18. The human activity, among the following, which causes maximum environmental pollution having regional and global impacts, is:
Correct : A. Urbanization
19. The dimension of social responsibility refers to a business's societal contribution of time, money, and other resources.
Correct : B. Philanthropic
20. Stakeholders are considered more important to an organisation when:
Correct : A. they can make use of their power on the organisation
21. Better access to certain markets, differentiation of products, arid the sale of pollution-control technology are ways in which better environmental performance can:
Correct : A. increase revenue
22. Atmospheric issues include all of the following except:
Correct : D. water quantity
23. In a organisation, decision making is delegated as far down the chain of command as possible
Correct : D. centralized
24. refers to a strategic process involving stakeholder assessment to create long-term relationships with customers, while maintaining, supporting, and enhancing the natural environment.
Correct : B. Green marketing
25. Sustainable development will not aim at:
Correct : D. Maximising the present day benefits through increased resource consumption
26. Which of the following statements in relation to sustainable development is not true?
Correct : B. Sustainability has the main objective of purely focussing on the natural environment.
27. The term sustainability refers to
Correct : A. Maintaining resource use at current or higher levels
28. Social sustainability refers to what?
Correct : D. Sharing benefits fairly and equitably and respecting the quality of life of communities and of human rights
29. The Brundtland definition comprises of which three parts?
Correct : C. Development, Needs and Future Generations
30. What is the most commonly cited definition for, and accepted thinking about sustainable development?
Correct : D. Brundtland World Commission on Environment and Development
31. Which one of the following characteristics is widely regarded as being an important aspect of sustainable development?
Correct : A. Inter-generational equity
32. A "green transport plan" is:
Correct : C. A plan devised by a company or organisation to reduce the environmental impact of the transport demands generated by itself and its employees
33. Food, space, disease, natural disasters, climate, competition and predation are examples of what?
Correct : D. Sustainable Factors
34. Sustainable Development focuses on more use of:
Correct : A. Renewable resources
35. Which of the following perspectives takes the strongest stance in support of sustainability?
Correct : C. Deep ecology
36. Social, economic and ecological equity is the necessary condition for achieving
Correct : C. Sustainable development
37. 'Meeting the needs of the present compromising the ability of future generation to meet their own need' is
Correct : A. Brundtland
38. The idea of sustainable development was conceived in early
Correct : D. 1980
39. The definition of sustainable development was expressed during the World Commission on 39 Environment and Development in 1987, chaired by
Correct : A. Gro Harlem Brundtland
40. Which of the following statement is correct?
(a) Renewable resources should provide a sustainable yield (the rate of harvest should not exceed the rate of regeneration).
(b) For non-renewable resources there should be equivalent development of renewable substitutes.
(c) Waste generation should exceed the assimilative capacity of the environment
Correct : C. (a) and (b)
41. Dematerialisation is being encouraged through the ideas of industrial ecology _and
Correct : C. Both (a) and (b)
42. The ecological footprint is an tool for ecological resources
Correct : A. Accounting
43. Eco-tracking tools need to be available which
Correct : C. Set-up an environmental management system
44. A sustainability rep~rt is the key platform for communicating ., and impacts whether positive or negative
Correct : A. Sustainability performance
45. Adverse social impacts could be in the form of
Correct : D. All of the above
46. Who uses the Triple Bottom Line?
Correct : D. All of the above
47. Under which ISO Standard the Guidance on Social Responsibility was
recognized?
Correct : A. ISO 26000
48. Carbon footprints is used to determine the amount of offsets necessary by a business to sell their product as but is not used to determine carbon liability
Correct : B. Carbon dating
49. Production, transformation and use of energy are the major problems of:
Correct : A. Industrial activity
50. A chemical industry is not a cause of
Correct : D. Nuclear pollution
51. Electronic waste is the adverse effect of
Correct : A. Industry
52. Extraction of mineral and metal form the earth is:
Correct : C. Mining
53. Underground and ope caste is a methods of
Correct : B. Mining
54. This is an effect of transportation
Correct : C. Solid waste generation
55. In EIA hearing is made within
Correct : D. 30 days
56. What process may explain the decline in the number of tones of fish caught?
Correct : D. Overexploitation
57. Food, space, disease, natural disaters, climate, competition and predation are examples of what?
Correct : B. Limiting factors.
58. Which is not a benefit of maintaining sustainable forest ecosystems?
Correct : A. Empty space on which to build homes
59. In a kelp forest ecosystem, which species is a keystone species?
Correct : B. Otter
60. The top three ecological footprints in the world are
1. USA
2. Ireland
3. New Zealand
4. Australia
5. Canada
6. Denmark
Correct : D. 1,2,6
61. What is meant by the phrase CSR?
Correct : A. Corporate Social Responsibility
62. What is meant by the phrase 'teleological ethics'?
Correct : B. An action can only be judged by its consequences.
63. For Karl Marx, where do our values come from?
Correct : B. They are a product of the economic system within which we live.
64. What does Milton Friedman believe to be the sole responsibility of business?
Correct : A. The only social responsibility of business is to its shareholders.
65. What, according to Adam Smith, is the best way to promote collective interest?
Correct : C. Through everyone working on their own self-interest
66. Why, according to stakeholder theory, is it in companies' best interests to pay attention
to their stakeholders?
Correct : D. If firms only act in their own self-interest and inflict harm on stakeholders then society might withdraw its support.
67. What is the enlightened self-interest model of CSR?
Correct : C. That it is in an organization's own best interest to act in an ethical way.
68. What is green washing?
Correct : B. Making a product appear more ethical that it really is.
69. What is triple bottom line?
Correct : A. An accounting tool that looks at the impact on people, planet and profits.
70. Why do alternative organizations run differently from conventional shareholder led approach?
Correct : B. They are run in non-hierarchical ways which aim to provide a positive impact on society rather than to make profit.
71. What does and Ethical Foundation for an organisation embody?
Correct : B. The basic principles which govern the external and internal relations of the organization
72. What does the importance of ethical behaviour, integrity and trust call into question?
Correct : A. The extent to which managers should attempt to change the underlying beliefs and values of individual followers
73. A ________ _________ sets out the purpose and general direction for the organisation?
Correct : A. Mission statement
74. Which of the following would most effectively act as the primary objective of a business organisation?
Correct : A. To make a profit
75. What is the purpose of a balanced scorecard?
Correct : B. To combine a range of qualitative and quantitative indicators of performance
76. Which of the following does the term Corporate Social Responsibility relate to?
Correct : D. All of the above
77. Who are organisational stakeholders?
Correct : D. All of the above
78. What is Ethics to do with?
Correct : C. Right and wrong
79. Which of the following is an example of an area where business ethics apply?
Correct : A. Conduct of international operations
80. Which legislation relates to the concept of business ethics?
Correct : A. Freedom of Information Act
81. The four types of social responsibility include:
Correct : A. legal, philanthropic, economic, and ethical
82. The ________ dimension of social responsibility refers to a business's societal
contribution of time, money, and other resources.
Correct : B. Philanthropic
83. A stakeholder orientation includes all of the following activities except:
Correct : D. minimizing the influence of stakeholder information on the firm
84. Stakeholders are considered more important to an organization when:
Correct : A. they can make use of their power on the organization
85. 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.
Correct : B. ethical issue
86. Which moral philosophy seeks the greatest good for the greatest number of people?
Correct : B. Utilitarianism
87. What type of justice exists if employees are being open, honest, and truthful in their communications at work?
Correct : D. Interactional
88. A high-commitment approach to environmental issues may include all of the following except:
Correct : C. green-washing
89. Better access to certain markets, differentiation of products, and the sale of pollutioncontrol technology are ways in which better environmental performance can:
Correct : A. increase revenue
90. Atmospheric issues include all of the following except:
Correct : D. water quantity
91. To be successful, business ethics training programs need to:
Correct : C. educate employees on formal ethical frameworks and models of ethical decision making.
92. Most companies begin the process of establishing organizational ethics programs by developing:
Correct : B. codes of conduct.
93. For referent power to be effective, what must exist between individuals in the relationship?
Correct : D. Empathy
94. When a firm charges different prices to different groups of customers, it may be accused of:
Correct : A. cultural relativism
95. The ability to interpret and adapt successfully to different national, organizational, and professional cultures is called:
Correct : C. cultural intelligence.
96. Successful global initiatives addressing standards for business must begin and end with:
Correct : A. the role of corporate governance and shareholder power in corporate decision making.
97. The social economy partnership philosophy emphasizes:
Correct : A. cooperation and assistance.
98. Which of the following is not a driver of responsible competitiveness?
Correct : B. Development drivers
99. Which of the following is a problem presented by ethics audits?
Correct : C. Selecting auditors may be difficult.
100. The first step in the auditing process should be to secure the commitment of: