Question : 1.CSR tends to be the least concerned with improving: a.Global sustainability. b.Shareholder : 1332135

1.CSR tends to be the least concerned with improving:

a.Global sustainability.

b.Shareholder wealth maximization.

c.Rising levels of population.

d.Inequity.

e.High levels of poverty in some countries.

2.NGOs have the ability to:

a.Affect firms’practices.

b.Influence firms’ management.

c.Impact legislation.

d.All of the above.

e.None of the above

3.Secondary stakeholder groups are:

a.Constituents on whom the firm relies for its continuous survival and prosperity.

b.Those who do not influence or affect the corporation.

c.Not influenced or affected by the corporation.

d.Not engaged in transactions with the corporation and are not essential for its survival.

e.B through D above.

4.The CSR debate centers on the question:

a.Why does the firm exist?

b.Why does private property exist?

c.What laws are needed to control the firm’s behavior?

d.What can be done to prevent unreasonable profits?

e.All of the above.

5.Free market advocates tend to do all of the following except:

a.Argue that “the social responsibility of business is to increase its profits, which leads to efficient capital and product markets.”

b.Argue that all stakeholders have an equal right to bargain for a “fair deal.”

c.Believe that the first and foremost stakeholder group is shareholders.

d.Argue that if firms attempt to attain social goals, managers will lose their focus on profit maximization.

e.Fear that firms will become like SOEs.

6.Those who advocate CSR:

a.Conduct their debate within the constraints of capitalism.

b.Argue that a humane capitalism is an oxymoron and unattainable.

c.Argue that the concepts justice and fairness are simply matters of opinion.

d.Argue that the most important stakeholder is the stockholder.

e.None of the above.

7.Using the five forces model, which will likely result in a higher level of CSR?

a.A highly concentrated industry.

b.Existence of incumbents.

c.Socially and environmentally conscious suppliers with standardized products that have multiple substitutes.

d.No monitoring program for all supplier factories.

e.Substitutes that are superior to existing products and costs are reasonable.

8.Which is not true about CSR?

a.Some CSR policies may reduce the firm’s value.

b.CSR policies may not pay off if common.

c.CSR that is embedded in people is easier to imitate.

d.Organization: a firm needs to tie together CSR activities.

e.It is difficult to prove a link between CSR and economic performance.

9.Which of the following is an accommodative CSR strategy?

a.Neither for or against CSR.

b.Resist imposition of what seems unreasonable.

c.View CSR as worthwhile.

d.Actively participate in CSR policy discussion.

e.Voluntarily go beyond what the regulations require.

10.Those who feel that firms that expand into emerging economies are failing their CSR responsibilities are most likely to claim that it:

a.Potentially hurts corporate profits.

b.Reduces shareholder returns.

c.Fails to provide employment to host countries.

d.Reduces the standard of living in host countries.

e.Domestic employees and communities pay the price for the overseas expansion.