Exam 2: Corporate Social Responsibility, Citizenship, and Sustainability.

Which entity publishes "The 100 Best Companies to Work For"?

Provide a short answer to each of these questions. Be sure to fully explain your answer. -Summarize the argument used to explain why the concept of corporate social responsiveness is an improvement over corporate social responsibility.

The company town, in which a major employer builds homes and commercial buildings, and provides the goods and services needed by its employees, is an example of paternalistic social responsibility.

One of the biggest advances in corporate social performance is that all agree that performance criteria need only be responsive and not anticipatory.

An argument for corporate social responsibility is that it helps business compete in the global economy.

The part of corporate social responsibility that focuses on business's voluntary activities which are not normally expected of a firm is

Proponents of the concept of corporate social responsiveness believe that the focus of corporate social responsibility on accountability or obligation is not dynamic enough to describe business's willingness and activity to respond to social demands.

Which of the following practices is not a modification of the classical economic model?

All of the following are arguments commonly made against corporate social responsibility except

The part of corporate social responsibility that focuses on fair prices and profits is

According to the Business Case for CSR, a reason companies are becoming more socially responsible is all of the following except

Provide a short answer to each of these questions. Be sure to fully explain your answer. -In Carroll's four-part definition of corporate social responsibility, he includes philanthropic responsibilities, yet he describes these as voluntary or discretionary. Explain this seeming contrast between a responsibility and a voluntary activity.

Social screening is the mechanism by which socially conscious investors choose their investment advisors.

The most efficient use of corporate wealth to benefit the public is though contributions to charity and other worthy causes which is called ____.

The early definition of corporate social responsibility was