Deck 6: Global Climate Change: Responsibility and Survival

Question 1

The power of the U.S.Government to take property from a private individual and use it for public purposes is:

A)Due Process
B)Equal Protection
C)Eminent Domain
D)Suffrage

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Discuss your thoughts on whether corporate social responsibility (CSR)should include an environmental component and how firms could capitalize on an environmental mission.

Answer 2

No Answer

Question 3

The Kyoto Protocol is an international treaty to reduce greenhouse admissions,signed by over 200 countries.The United States is one of those countries.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Which piece of legislation was passed first?

A)The Clean Water Act
B)The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
C)The Clean Air Act
D)The Comprehensive Environmental Response,Compensation,and Liability Act

Question 5

Discuss how global warming unites national security issues and religion.

Question 6

According to MIT professor Layzer,the lobbyists for the energy corporations have used which of the following tactics to avoid stricter regulation?
I)Portray the science of global warming as uncertain and debatable
II)Focus on the financial costs of regulation
III)Provide Senators and Representatives with financial incentives to vote against regulation
IV)Portray the environmentalists as extremists and a vocal minority.

A)I and II
B)I,II and III
C)I and III
D)I,II and IV

Question 7

When environmentalists recognized that politicians were not going to pass stricter legislation and regulations,they changed their tactics to force change.According to the Layzer article in the chapter,these new tactics included:
I)Eco-terrorism - bombing pipelines and factories.
II)Collaboration with businesses - create partnerships to improve environmental impacts.
III)Public relations campaigns - go public with their accusations and encourage consumers to demand change.
IV)Work internally through shareholders to try to change corporate disclosures.

A)I and II
B)II and III
C)III and IV
D)II,III and IV.

Question 8

Many religious sects have an environmental ethic and could unite to influence political change.

Question 9

Describe the "proxy system" and how is it used to as activism to encourage companies to "go green."

Question 10

Today,shareholder activism within corporations continues to grow.

Question 11

According to law professor Thomas Joo,the best group of persons for addressing the environmental concerns facing the world today is:

A)Shareholders
B)Directors and Officers
C)Environmentalists
D)The Government

Question 12

The Fifth Amendment to the Constitution explicitly protects private property owners' economic interests.Explain how this amendment affects owners of private property.

Question 13

Under the ___________ plan,the EPA auctions a set number of sulfur dioxide emission allowances annually,with each allowance permitting one ton of emissions.

A)allocation of resources
B)tradeable permit
C)green capitalism
D)shareholder activism

Question 14

The power of eminent domain requires the government to provide just compensation to a property owner when taking private property for public purposes.Discuss your thoughts on whether the following should be considered "public purposes."
a.The government taking private property to transfer to a private company for development of a strip mall.
b.The government taking private property to build a highway.
c.The government taking private property to expand an airport.

Question 15

Shareholder activism includes which of the following?

A)the proxy system
B)recommendations with moral authority
C)preliminary management resistance
D)all of the above

Question 16

Explain how the tradeable permit plan works.