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1
What is meant by the phrase CSR?
A
Corporate Social Responsibility
B
Company Social Responsibility
C
Corporate Society Responsibility
D
Company Society Responsibility
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Answer: Corporate Social Responsibility
2
What does Milton Friedman believe to be the sole responsibility of business?
A
The only social responsibility of business is to its shareholders
B
Managers should act in ways that balance the interest of society and shareholders
C
The primary responsibility organizations have is to its employees
D
The primary responsibility organizations have is to its stakeholders
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Answer: The only social responsibility of business is to its shareholders
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3
What is the enlightened self-interest model of CSR?
A
That it is in an organization's own best interest to put itself first rather than its ethics
B
That it is in an organization's best interest to consider what a shareholder would want
C
That it is in an organization's own best interest to act in an ethical way
D
That it is in an organization's own best interest to follow the legislation and abide by the law
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Answer: That it is in an organization's own best interest to act in an ethical way
4
What does the importance of ethical behaviour, integrity and trust call into question?
A
The extent to which managers should attempt to change the underlying beliefs and values of individual followers
B
Who does what
C
What we do next
D
None of these
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Answer: The extent to which managers should attempt to change the underlying beliefs and values of individual followers
5
Which of the following would most effectively act as the primary objective of a business organisation?
A
To make a profit
B
To procure resources
C
To communicate with shareholders
D
To mediate between the organisation and the environment
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6
Which of the following does the term Corporate Social Responsibility relate to?
A
Ethical conduct
B
Environmental practice
C
Community investment
D
All of the above
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7
What is Ethics to do with?
A
The wider community
B
Business
C
Right and wrong
D
Nothing
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8
Which legislation relates to the concept of business ethics?
A
Freedom of Information Act
B
Food Act
C
Building regulations
D
All of these
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Answer: Freedom of Information Act
9
A stakeholder orientation includes all of the following activities except:
A
Generating Data About Stakeholder Groups
B
Assessing The Firm's Effects On Stakeholder Groups
C
Distributing Stakeholder Information Throughout The Firm
D
Minimizing The Influence Of Stakeholder Information On The Firm
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Answer: Minimizing The Influence Of Stakeholder Information On The Firm
10
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.
A
Crisis
B
Ethical Issue
C
Indictment
D
Fraud
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11
What type of justice exists if employees are being open, honest, and truthful in their communications at work?
A
Procedural
B
Distributive
C
Ethical
D
Interactional
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12
Better access to certain markets, differentiation of products, and the sale of pollution-control technology are ways in which better environmental performance can:
A
Increase Revenue
B
Increase Costs
C
Decrease Revenue
D
Decrease Costs
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13
Atmospheric issues include all of the following except:
A
Acid Rain
B
Global Warming
C
Air Pollution
D
Water Quantity
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14
Most companies begin the process of establishing organizational ethics programs by developing:
A
Ethics Training Programs
B
Codes Of Conduct
C
Ethics Enforcement Mechanisms
D
Hidden Agendas
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15
When a firm charges different prices to different groups of customers, it may be accused of:
A
Cultural Relativism
B
Money Laundering
C
Facilitating Payments
D
Price Discrimination
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Answer: Cultural Relativism
16
Successful global initiatives addressing standards for business must begin and end with:
A
the role of corporate governance and shareholder power in corporate decision making
B
social activism
C
the implementation of standardized ethics programs
D
the consolidation of economic and environmental efforts
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Answer: the role of corporate governance and shareholder power in corporate decision making
17
The social economy partnership philosophy emphasizes:
A
Cooperation And Assistance
B
Profit Maximization
C
Competition
D
Restricting Resources And Support
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Answer: Cooperation And Assistance
18
Which of the following is a problem presented by ethics audits?
A
They may be used to reallocate resources
B
They identify practices that need improvement
C
Selecting auditors may be difficult
D
They may pinpoint problems with stakeholder relationships
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Answer: Selecting auditors may be difficult
19
The first step in the auditing process should be to secure the commitment of:
A
Employees
B
Top Executives And Directors
C
Stockholders
D
Customers
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Answer: Top Executives And Directors
20
____________ refers to a strategic process involving stakeholder assessment to create long-term relationships with customers, while maintaining, supporting, and enhancing the natural environment.
A
Eco-strategy
B
Green marketing
C
Superfund reauthorization
D
Recycle and reprocess management
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