Exam 9: Business and Environmental Sustainability

Which of the following would hold a business liable for groundwater contamination caused by its products even years after they had been buried in a landfill?

Which of the following is true about the concept of sustainable development and sustainable business practice?

Businesses that use animals for food, entertainment, or pets violate the ethical rights of these animals.

What is an optimal level of pollution?

Which of the following is true of the conservation movement?

Before environmental legislation was enacted, the primary legal avenue open for addressing environmental concerns was _____ law.

What do defenders of the market approach to environmental responsibilities state about the ability of economic markets to achieve a sound environmental policy? Discuss if their responses are environmentally adequate.

The possibility that the economy cannot grow indefinitely is simply not part of the:

According to the conservation movement, the natural world was valued as a resource, providing humans with both direct and indirect benefits.

Which of the following holds that a business should be responsible for incorporating the end results of its products back into the productive cycle?

Before environmental legislation was enacted, the primary legal avenue open for addressing environmental concerns was:

According to the _____ law of thermodynamics (the conservation of matter/energy), neither matter nor energy can truly be "created," it can only be transferred from one form to another.

Which of the following models does not differentiate natural resources from the other factors of production and does not explain the origin of resources?

A _____ economy interprets consumer demand as a demand for services-for clothes cleaning, floor covering, illumination, entertainment, cool air, transportation, word processing, and so forth.

The market-based approach to resolving environmental challenges denies that environmental problems are economic problems that deserve economic solutions.

Which of the following was suggested by William Baxter?

Which of the following ways can lead market failure to serious environmental harm?

The _____ model does not differentiate natural resources from the other factors of production.

In economic terms, all resources:

From a strict market economic perspective, resources are "finite," and have to be used efficiently to gain maximum economic benefits.