Deck 8: Going Green

Question 1

Sustainability and going green is the same thing.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Which of following is NOT one of the five stages of responsiveness to issues of sustainability typically followed by companies?

A) defensive
B) civil
C) compliance
D) visionary
E) strategic

Answer 2

D

Question 3

is a public relations effort which claims environmental virtue without making any substantive organizational change.

A) Ecological fraud
B) Sustainability leverage
C) Green messaging
D) Greenwashing
E) None of the above

Answer 3

D

Question 4

"Greenwashing" is a public relations effort that does not involve organizational transformation.

Question 5

Which of the following is NOT a driver for companies' sustainability efforts?

A) employee interest
B) government regulations
C) consumer preferences
D) all of the above
E) none of the above

Question 6

are objective measurements of a firm's social and environmental impact.

A) Triple bottom line metrics
B) Eco-metrics
C) Sustainability score card metrics
D) Green metrics
E) none of the above

Question 7

The balanced scorecard balances financial measures with three additional metrics:

A) customer satisfaction, employee satisfaction, green metrics
B) internal process excellence customer satisfaction, employee learning and growth
C) employee learning and growth, employee satisfaction, internal process excellence
D) employee satisfaction, green metrics, internal process excellence
E) none of the above

Question 8

Once a trigger event motivates a reevaluation of values, goals, and strategy, the transformation typically follows which set of sequential interventions?

A) set the vision, diagnose the status quo, alter informal and then formal design elements.
B) set the vision, diagnose the status quo, alter formal and then informal design elements.
C) diagnose the status quo, set the vision, alter formal and then informal design elements.
D) diagnose the status quo, set the vision, alter informal and then formal design elements.

Question 9

are the values called upon by individuals to explain or justify their course of action or pattern of behavior.

A) Green values
B) Enacted values
C) Espoused values
D) Terminal values
E) none of the above

Question 10

is an organizational approach to defining performance that takes into account social, economic, and ecological dimensions and assumes that the three are mutually reinforcing.

A) Going green
B) Ecological accounting
C) Triple accountability
D) Triple bottom line
E) none of the above

Question 11

Which is NOT an advantage of going green?

A) lowered cost of operating
B) elimination of waste
C) positioned for an IPO
D) reduced exposure to risk
E) inoculating against future law suits

Question 12

is a tool for measuring multiple outcomes; financial performance, customer satisfaction, internal process excellence, and employee learning and growth and the connection of those outcomes to the vision and strategy of the organization.

A) Multiple bottom line
B) Balance score card
C) Multiple bottom line score card
D) Green score card
E) none of above

Question 13

Companies should kick-off sustainability efforts with diagnosis because?

A) diagnosis is easier to understand than other aspects of change
B) it helps focus employees on what needs to change
C) sustainability requires employees to be compliant and that requires diagnosis
D) all of the above
E) none of the above

Question 14

Voluntary action taken by organizations designed to meet the needs of the present generation without compromising the needs of future generations is called:

A) ecology
B) environmental management
C) sustainability
D) maintenance
E) none of the above

Question 15

Government regulations are the main motivation for going green in the UnitedStates and Europe.

Question 16

Effective "green visions" have three characteristics in common:

A) they articulate some specific territory in which the organization can contribute to sustainable development.
B) they state a belief that going green and performing well is mutually reinforcing rather than mutually exclusive.
C) they vow a commitment to a long‐term social responsibility that transcends the performance of the company.
D) all of the above
E) none of the above

Question 17

are actions of an organization designed to meet requirements imposed by law.

A) Sustainability
B) Regulatory abatement
C) Compliance
D) Legal abatement
E) none of the above

Question 18

Corporate sustainability does NOT necessarily involve voluntary efforts on the part of organizations.

Question 19

are the set of values that are implicit in actions or patterns of behavior.

A) Terminal values
B) Enacted values
C) Espoused values
D) Displayed values
E) none of the above

Question 20

When it comes to going green, most organizations follow a predictable path, starting with vision and compliance before becoming managerial, strategic, and civil.

Question 21

To be effective, green visions embed and connect the firm's commitment to sustainability with its business mission; that way, going green is seen as tactical and NOT strategic.

Question 22

When company representatives promote wider efforts on behalf of sustainability they are said to be in the strategic stage of responsiveness to issues of sustainability.

Question 23

One of the most frequently mentioned performance advantages of going green is the impetus it provides for innovation.

Question 24

Organizational culture does little to help embed a green mindset and shape employee behaviors.

Question 25

A sustainability balanced scorecard can help an organization measure its performance on the triple bottom line.

Question 26

Early diagnostic efforts will need to include not just the company itself, but also its supply chain partners.

Question 27

Informal design changes associated with going green start with building high levels of collaboration.

Question 28

Going green starts with a visionary statement from top leadership.

Question 29

By treating the challenge of going green as a transactional challenge, organizations will be better positioned to meet the goals of the triple bottom line.

Question 30

There is still much that is controversial about going green.