Exam 14: Corporate Social Responsibility, Ethics, and Sustainability

You place a lot of value on earning your degree, but there are several classes that you take only because they are included in your degree plan. Given a choice, you would never have enrolled in those classes. What best describes your degree and those dreaded required courses?

Which of the following is a tactic of ethical concern involving an organization and a government official?

The ethical mandate for CSR is focused on ________.

What lesson from the "tragedy of the commons" can you apply personally?

What is the major criticism of the shareholder model?

Your professor gives you a writing assignment to explain your personal and professional life in 10 years. What is a prerequisite of this assignment?

How can you determine whether the CSR efforts reflect genuine beliefs or serve a marketing purpose?

To maintain integrity in an organization, all of the following must be done except ________.

Which is not a category of ethical discussion?

The business case for CSR justifies initiatives ________.

As U.S.-based organizations move into developing countries, they are no longer subject to U.S. employment law and the strict standards that would be required for the equivalent operation in the States and overhead and operating expenses are a fraction of what a State-side location's would be. Even with low pay and harsh working conditions, they find workers eager to fill positions, and that doesn't incentivize improvements in the working conditions. With competition driving down prices in the U.S. while costs are holding steady or rising, the trend has been to relocate manufacturing facilities and even some service centers from the US. to developing countries. There are obvious economic incentives in the reduced operating and labor costs, and the potential for tax breaks and incentives from the host country's government can make offshoring more attractive. Despite the economic benefits, there is evidence that should serve as a cautionary tale. What provides a warning that this is not a good practice to continue?

Which of the following is not a primary cultural value?

You are having trouble deciding between four equally attractive job offers, so you decide to investigate the CSR initiatives of each potential employer to break the tie: best CSR wins! Which organization's job offer will you accept?

Which of the following is true of a B or Benefit corporation?

Organization Z consistently displays an organizational culture of integrity and high ethical standards. What aspect will not necessarily be present in Organization Z's culture?

How are values different from ethics?

When your manager explains the company motivation for beginning CSR initiatives, she includes aspects from the business case approach and from the ethical mandate approach in her rationale. Is this possible?

Which would be most prominent in an organization's explanation for beginning and/or engaging in CSR initiatives?

What is the difference between terminal and instrumental values?

An organization is committed to various CSR initiatives in their business practices and they encourage employee involvement as well by coordinating volunteer events such as Habitat for Humanity, participating in the March of Dimes, and seeking out opportunities for employees to apply their workplace skills to help non-profit organizations. Through participation in these activities, an employee's ________ may change but their ________ is/are less likely to change.