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“Assessing Stakeholder Positions” Please respond to the following:
From the e-Activity, use the provided map in Figure 1.4 of the textbook to classify each of Kellogg’s stakeholders according to each stakeholder’s salience to the company. Suggest two (2) potential disadvantages associated with your classification of each stakeholder, and provide two (2) recommendations geared toward helping to minimize the potential adverse effects of your stakeholder placement on the company.
According to Lawrence & Weber, aspects within the external environment of an organization are key considerations for analyzing the relationship between business and the society. Using Figure 1.6 in the textbook, examine one (1) dynamic force for its potential impact on a company of your choice. Specify two (2) fundamental reasons why the chosen company should pay particular attention to the dynamic force that you have examined within its external environment. Provide a rationale for your response.
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Corporate Social Responsibility and Global Citizenship” Please respond to the following:
From the e-Activity, analyze two (2) environments within Abercrombie & Fitch with respect to the salient stakeholders’ influence within the environments that you identified. Determine two (2) potential risks to the salient stakeholders’ relationships with the company as a result of the company’s position that it only wants “thin and beautiful people” shopping in its store. Next, suggest two (2) risk mitigation methods that Abercrombie & Fitch could utilize. Provide a rationale for your response.
From the discussion case in Chapter 2, determine the degree to which Coca-Cola’s action is consistent with corporate social responsibility. Provide support for your rationale.
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“Business Ethics and Ethical Reasoning” Please respond to the following:
Give an example of one (1) ethical dilemma you encountered recently. Using Figure 4.6 in the textbook, apply one (1) of the four methods of ethical reasoning to the dilemma in question, and examine two to three (2-3) advantages and disadvantages of your chosen method. Provide a rationale for your response.
From the e-Activity, question the rationale behind GlaxoSmithKline’s unethical activities. Hypothesize the major reasons why the pharmaceutical giant’s leadership may have encouraged such activities to go on for so long. Next, infer the most damaging potential adverse effects that the government’s ruling may have on GlaxoSmithKline, and propose two (2) possible actions that the company could implement in order to shift its culture toward that of a more responsible organization. Justify your response.
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“Globalization and Corporate Citizenship” Please respond to the following:
From the first e-Activity, select one (1) economic system, and assess the degree to which environmental forces within that economic system in question have helped or hindered globalization efforts of companies operating under that system. Support your response with at least two (2) specific examples that illustrate the impact that such environmental forces have on globalization efforts within your chosen economic system.
From the second e-Activity, use the Stages of Global Corporate Citizenship in Figure 7.1 of the textbook to evaluate the appropriateness of Nestlé’s global sustainability development efforts. Based on your evaluation, determine the stage of global corporate citizenship in which Nestlé best fits. Provide a rationale for your rationale.
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“Business and Government Relations” Please respond to the following:
From the discussion case in Chapter 8, examine the argument for and against the regulation of derivatives. Suggest at least two (2) reasons the government should or should not regulate the trading of derivatives. Provide a rationale for your suggestions.
From the e-Activity, debate it: Lobbyists should not be permitted to have unlimited access to government officials. Justify your response.
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“Sustainable Development and the Environment” Please respond to the following:
From the first e-Activity, analyze two (2) reasons why a corporation is able to justify its participation in the LEED certification program as responsible environmental management, considering the associated costs. Provide a rationale for your response.
From the second e-Activity, examine the most important ways in which the company that you have researched is implementing sustainable development. Evaluate the extent to which the sustainable development program contributes to profitability for the company in question. Provide at least two (2) examples of the profits the company has made to support your response.
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“Technological Advancements and Challenges” Please respond to the following:
From the e-Activity, examine one (1) situation where the majority of citizens agree that the government’s use of technology to conduct surveillance on unsuspecting citizens is justifiable. Considering the government’s efforts in thwarting potential terrorist attacks, assess the degree to which citizens’ privacy concerns are valid. Justify your response.
From the second e-Activity, examine the key ways in which the company that you selected benefits from the influences of changing technological forces. Next, suggest two (2) potential threats that could result from your chosen company’s use of technology and
two (2) approaches that the company could take to overcome the identified threats.
“Consumer and Shareholder Protection” Please respond to the following:
According to the text, recent disclosures of corporate scandals and unethical business practices have heightened the government and society’s attention to exorbitant CEO salaries. Examine the fundamental rationale behind corporations’ decisions to pay executives such high salaries. Based on the discussion case in Chapter 14, judge whether the mandate under Section 951 of the Dodd-Frank Act sufficiently protects stockholders’ rights and interests from been abused by business executives. Justify your response.
From the e-Activity, give your opinion on whether or not the companies responsible for the product recalls that you researched addressed those recalls in an effective manner. Suggest the manner in which manufacturers, retailers, and consumers should share responsibility for the safe use of the consumer products you researched. Provide a rationale for your response.
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“Managing Employees and Diverse Workforce” Please respond to the following:
Based on the discussion case in Chapter 16, examine two (2) pros and two (2) cons of the Pennsylvania Geisinger Health System’s decision to refuse to hire smokers. Give your opinion on whether or not the decision is sound, and provide a rationale to support your response.
From the e-Activity, analyze the significant ways in which the company you selected is using a diverse workforce to its advantage. Suggest two to three (2-3) potential challenges that could affect a company composed of a diverse workforce. Provide one (1) specific example of the effects on the company for each potential challenge.
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“Community Efforts and Managing Public Relations” Please respond to the following:
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quiz 1
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Stakeholders have been able to form international coalitions more successfully through use of:
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· Question 2
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All of the following are external stakeholders of the firm except:
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· Question 3
5 out of 5 points
Which one of the following is considered to be a nonmarket stakeholder of business?
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· Question 4
5 out of 5 points
The five types of stakeholders’ power recognized by most experts are:
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· Question 5
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Interactions between business and society occur:
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· Question 6
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The instrumental argument says stakeholder management is:
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· Question 7
5 out of 5 points
When a community group sues a company for health effects caused by the unsafe disposal of toxic chemicals, this is an exercise of a stakeholder’s:
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· Question 8
5 out of 5 points
Customers can exercise economic stakeholder power by:
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· Question 9
5 out of 5 points
A firm subscribing to the ownership theory of the firm would mainly be concerned with providing value for its:
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· Question 10
5 out of 5 points
A stakeholder analysis:
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· Question 11
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The phenomenon of a person or group holding multiple stakeholder duties is referred to as:
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· Question 12
5 out of 5 points
A number of European countries require public companies to include employee members on their boards of directors, so:
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· Question 13
5 out of 5 points
Which of the following is not considered to be a nonmarket stakeholder?
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· Question 14
5 out of 5 points
With the explosive growth of technologies that facilitate the sharing of information, this kind of stakeholder power has become increasingly important:
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· Question 15
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Question 6
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Public policy effects are:
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· Question 7
5 out of 5 points
The Mullahs in Iran is an example of the power of government derived from:
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· Question 8
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Economic regulations:
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· Question 9
5 out of 5 points
Studies show that texting while driving is:
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· Question 10
5 out of 5 points
Patterns of government taxing and spending that are intended to stimulate or support the economy are:
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· Question 11
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Which car company did not seek bailout loans from the U.S. government following the 2009 worldwide economic recession?
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· Question 12
5 out of 5 points
Government’s role is to create and enforce laws that:
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· Question 13
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Public policy is a basic set of goals, plans and actions undertaken by:
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· Question 14
5 out of 5 points
Governments being asked to ban the use of cell phones by drivers are examples of a public policy:
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· Question 15
5 out of 5 points
Public policy tools involve a combination of:
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· Question 16
5 out of 5 points
Trade associations are:
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· Question 17
5 out of 5 points
When a firm solicits its stockholders for political contributions for a particular candidate by letter and then sends those contributions to the candidate on behalf of its stockholders, it is called:
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· Question 18
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Which type of organization’s political action committee gave the greatest amount by total contribution in 2011 – 2012?
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· Question 19
5 out of 5 points
When managers become personally involved in developing public policy, the firm is at what level of business political involvement?
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· Question 20
5 out of 5 points
Lobbyists, under U.S. law, must disclose their:
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· Question 21
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A corporate political strategy does not:
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· Question 22
5 out of 5 points
One of the most common financial-incentive strategy tools is:
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· Question 23
5 out of 5 points
Which of the following is not a constituency-building strategy tool?
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· Question 24
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Since 1998, the total amount spent on lobbying activity has increased about:
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· Question 25
5 out of 5 points
To influence government policymakers’ actions, an information strategy involves:
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· Question 26
5 out of 5 points
Firms in the chemical industry, which must contend with frequently changing environmental regulations and the risk of dangerous accidents, usually have:
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· Question 27
5 out of 5 points
Advocacy ads are also called:
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· Question 28
5 out of 5 points
Companies have been permitted to contribute to political action committees since:
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· Question 29
5 out of 5 points
The information strategy tool most used by business is:
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· Question 30
5 out of 5 points
When a business seeks to overturn a law after it has been passed or threatens to challenge the legal legitimacy of the new regulation in the courts, this is called:
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his company called its plan to tackle climate change “Plan A” because there is no “Plan B”:
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· Question 2
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Which of the following is an example of a nonrenewable resource?
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· Question 3
5 out of 5 points
By promoting the use of clean cookstoves in developing nations, a global alliance hopes to reduce:
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· Question 4
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The most successful global businesses in coming years will be those companies that:
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· Question 5
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Rapid economic development is often accompanied by:
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· Question 6
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A shared resource, such as land, air, or water, that a group of people uses collectively is a(n):
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· Question 7
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Which of the following is an example of industrial ecology in practice?
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· Question 8
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Depletion of the ozone layer, destruction of the rain forests, and species extinctions all have an impact on:
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· Question 9
5 out of 5 points
Which of the following countries has not ratified the Kyoto Protocol?
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· Question 10
5 out of 5 points
The commitments of the Convention on Biological Diversity include:
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· Question 11
5 out of 5 points
In which year was the first World Summit on Sustainable Development held?
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· Question 12
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A thin layer of gas that protects the earth from excessive ultraviolet radiation from the sun is:
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· Question 13
5 out of 5 points
The idea that companies have a continuing responsibility for the environmental impact of their products or services, even after they are sold is called:
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· Question 14
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The Sustainability Consortium organized to advance life-cycle analysis for thousands of products includes all of the following companies except:
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· Question 15
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The Carbon Disclosure Project found that:
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· Question 16
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Which of the following is not true about the guidelines for sentencing environmental wrongdoers set by the U.S. Sentencing Commission?
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· Question 17
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Being able to continue their activities indefinitely, without altering the carrying capacity of the earth’s ecosystem, is a characteristic of:
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· Question 18
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Which of the following is the most advanced stage of corporate environmental responsibility?
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· Question 19
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Which country has made the greatest progress in reducing its solid waste stream?
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· Question 20
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Which of the following is indicative of a firm in the pollution prevention stage of the corporate environmental responsibility model?
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· Question 21
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Hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” has the following benefit:
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· Question 22
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When businesses form voluntary, collaborative partnerships with environmental organizations and regulators to achieve specific objectives this is called:
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· Question 23
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was created:
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· Question 24
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In 2011 how many of the world’s top 250 companies issued an integrated sustainability report?
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· Question 25
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When environmentally proactive companies seek out imaginative, innovative new methods for reducing pollution and increasing efficiency, they are adopting which strategy?
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· Question 26
5 out of 5 points
Some researchers believe that business firms moving towards ecological sustainability results in:
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· Question 27
5 out of 5 points
Which of the following is true about the Toxic Substances Control Act?
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· Question 28
5 out of 5 points
Subaru Automotive of America’s effort to minimize waste is an example of:
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· Question 29
5 out of 5 points
When companies develop a reputation for environmental excellence, and they produce and deliver products and services designed to attract environmentally aware customers, this is called:
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· Question 30
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Companies that reduce pollution and hazardous waste, reuse or recycle materials, and operate with greater energy efficiency achieve a competitive advantage due to:
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