Deck 13: The Inclusive Workplace: Level II: Inclusion Through Corporate-Community Collaborations

Question 1

What is NOT a benefit for individuals in the inclusive workplace at level II of the mode?

A) Employment, job training
B) Mentorship
C) Increases in compensation
D) All of the above

Answer 1

C

Question 2

A range of activities fall under the title of corporate social responsibility, except:

A) Providing mentorship to youth.
B) Supporting educational or cultural institutions in the community.
C) Tutoring children in school settings.
D) Paying dividends to investors

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Unilever has a long-standing relationship with this country, having invested in its economy and skills of its employees.

A) Brazil
B) Malaysia
C) Ghana
D) Mexico

Answer 3

C

Question 4

The Unilever Foundation has partnered with global charitable organizations that are dedicated to creating sustainable changes worldwide. Which organization is not one of the five with which Unilever has partnered?

A) Oxfam
B) World Food Programme
C) INGKA
D) UNICEF

Question 5

What is the common raw ingredient used in Unilever productions?

A) Sunflower Oil
B) Peanut Oil
C) Olive Oil
D) Palm Oil

Question 6

In January 2012, Unilever announced the launch of _________________, created to improve the quality of life through changes in hygiene sanitation, access to clean drinking water, basic nutrition, and enhanced self-esteem.

A) The Unilever Foundation
B) The Unilever website
C) The Unilever consulting team
D) A new state of the art production plant

Question 7

Community-oriented programs may bring additional economic benefits by improving the company's standing with important constituencies such as:

A) Bankers
B) Investors
C) Government officials
D) All of the above
E) None of the above

Question 8

Early examinations of corporate social responsibility actions focused on _____________.

A) Increased employee loyalty
B) Damage control
C) Recruitment
D) Creating goodwill among consumers

Question 9

Which statement is NOT true about the second level of the inclusive workplace, inclusion and corporate-community collaborations?

A) The organization has a sense of being a part of its surrounding community and there is reciprocity that is embedded in this relationship.
B) The organization sets as its priority the needs of consumers of its products and services.
C) Reflects the "mezzo" system level perspective on organizations and communities.
D) Recognizes the economic and noneconomic consequences of its presence in the community.

Question 10

In 1995, Unilever commissioned two studies on sustainable development. The studies revealed a complex set of criteria for sustainable agriculture. From the criteria, Unilever's Sustainable Agriculture Statement was formally adopted and stated:

A) Changing consumer demands must be met.
B) Profitability must be competitive with other industry sectors.
C) Negative environmental impacts on soil, air, water and biodiversity must be minimized.
D) All of the above
E) None of the above

Question 11

Which statement provides an explanation of the impact of palm plantations?

A) Environmental influences have NOT directly affected the local communities.
B) Indigenous people have been relocated to make room for plantations.
C) The local communities is economically unaffected.
D) All of the above
E) None of the above

Question 12

Businesses often conventionally perceive the relationship between social responsibility and financial performance as a ____________.

A) Win-Win
B) Lose-Lose
C) Trade-off
D) Stalemate

Question 13

The Unilever pilot project to test its sustainable development plan was located in:

A) United States
B) Brazil
C) Malaysia
D) Mexico

Question 14

What are the organizational benefits of implementing the inclusive workplace at level II of the model?

A) Elimination of age discrimination
B) Advantages in recruitment and in labor disputes
C) Increased employee loyalty
D) All of the above
E) None of the above

Question 15

Unilever has been active with numerous community activities in Ghana and other countries, such as implementing _______________ in 1999.

A) Education and Development
B) Diversity
C) Nutrition and Health
D) None of the above

Question 16

Many suppliers believe that addressing corporate social responsibility makes them:

A) Susceptible to mergers
B) More competitive
C) Less competitive
D) Open to new markets

Question 17

The most well-known criticism of corporate social responsibility came from the Nobel Prize winning economist ____________ (1970).

A) Gerard Debreu
B) James Tobin
C) Milton Friedman
D) Paul Samuelson

Question 18

Which statement is not a barrier to inclusion and corporate-community?

A) Lack of leadership to champion and sustain efforts.
B) Limited company vision (shortsighted and internally focused).
C) Economic pressures to demonstrate profitability.
D) Lack of corporate image and advantage.

Question 19

Who developed one of the early versions of a comprehensive view of corporate social responsibility and reiterated the opinion that social performance review should include a comprehensive assessment of actions related to the most social issues and stakeholders?

A) Schwartz & Gibb (2009)
B) Carroll (2000)
C) Hutchins & Sutherland (2008)
D) Rowley (2000)

Question 20

Many multinational organizations as well as nationally- and locally-based ones are actively involved in:

A) Community initiatives such as a mentorship program for disadvantaged students.
B) Sponsorship of local school programs.
C) Participation of company leaders on board of minority organizations in the community.
D) All of the above
E) None of the above

Question 21

Nut oil is one of the world's most rapidly increasing crops.

Question 22

There is little evidence that links corporate social performance and financial performance.

Question 23

An emerging construct in the business literature is that of corporate social distance.

Question 24

True or False Corporate social performance and corporate social responsibility include only corporate-community collaborations referred to in Level II of the inclusive workplace.

Question 25

Unilever was one of the three founding companies of the Sustainable Agriculture Initiative.

Question 26

In addition to Unilever's agricultural programs, describe two social programs that Unilever participated in.

Question 27

Describe level II of the inclusive workplace, inclusion and corporate-community collaborations. What are the challenges and benefits?

Question 28

What community inclusion programs did Nestle provide? What challenges did they face?

Question 29

The main obstacle for initiating and maintaining activities that benefit the company's social environment is economic pressure to demonstrate profitability on a short-term basis, which makes it difficult to allocate the money necessary for long-term commitments to social goals.

Question 30

The terms corporate social performance and corporate social responsibility each expand a company's responsibilities beyond its traditional economic shareholders to that of multiple stakeholders.