Deck 7: Can the Marketplace Be Ethical Corporate Responsibility

Question 1

Though CR has been developed systematically in the last decades of the twentieth century, it has a long history.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Corporate citizenship involves business carefully monitoring its environmental and social 'footprints'.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

The Ten Commandments are a good example of deontological ethics.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Utilitarian ethics define what is right as whatever pleases someone, providing that it does not harm someone else.

Question 5

What has led to an increased concern for corporate responsibility? Please select all that apply.

A) Globalization
B) The development of courses in CR at university
C) Fiscal pressures
D) Increased pressure from non-governmental organizations

Question 6

What were the major themes in the development of CR? Please select all that apply.

A) Intercultural conflict
B) The environment
C) Corporate governance and standards
D) Human rights

Question 7

Business ethics is: (Please select all that apply.)

A) The ethics of the executive
B) The development of ethical codes
C) Reflection on and analysis of ethical theories
D) The development of values and ethos in business

Question 8

Examples of ethical theory are: (Please select all that apply.)

A) Deontological ethics
B) Codified ethics
C) Utilitarian ethics
D) Corporate ethics

Question 9

The purpose of business… (Please select all that apply.)

A) Is to make a profit
B) Includes contributions to the well-being of the workforce and society
C) to satisfy shareholders
D) Cannot be narrowed to a single focus

Question 10

The motivations for developing a CR policy are: (Please select all that apply.)

A) Self-interest
B) Government interest
C) Mutual interest
D) Shared responsibility

Question 11

Greenwashing is: (Please select all that apply.)

A) Developing a company environmental policy
B) A cynical covering up of the self-interest of the company with an environmental policy
C) Developing arguments against the view that global warming is a threat to the global environment
D) Developing arguments to support the view that global warming is a significant phenomenon

Question 12

War on Want's challenge to Anglo American: (Please select all that apply.)

A) Was a global press coup
B) Contained all available data
C) Was an example of adversarial relations
D) Was a good example of how to relate to multinational corporations

Question 13

Who did War on Want argue was responsible for the abuse of Palestinian human rights through the destruction of Palestinian homes between 2000 and 2004?

A) The Israeli government and Caterpillar.
B) The United Nations
C) The US Government
D) The Israeli Government

Question 14

The Globally Responsible Leadership Initiative (GRLI):

A) Is a subsidiary of Virgin
B) Believes in the religious basis of global ethics
C) Aims to develop globally responsible leadership education in business schools and universities
D) Is part of the Caux Round Table group

Question 15

Critically assess the view that the purpose of business is to make profit for the shareholders.

Question 16

What does the CR policy of Taylors of Harrogate have to teach about corporate social responsibility?

Question 17

Outline and assess a process for practising CR.

Question 18

What problems led to the Challenger disaster?

Question 19

Analyse Unilever's CR policy.

Question 20

Critique the Caterpillar Global Code of Practice in relation to their sale of tractors to the Israeli government.