A problem facing the timber industry is the absence of any effective way to prove that rain forest timber was legally logged from places like Indonesia,where as much as 80 percent is the product of illegal logging.Companies such as The Home Depot do not want to sell timber from illegally logged forests even though the demand is great for timber from rain forests.
-Refer to Timber Industry.Indonesian logging companies harvest the rain forests for timber and assume that a market exists for their products.What type of orientation does the typical Indonesian logging company have?
A) sales
B) production
C) exchange
D) product

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The Indonesian logging companies have a production orientation because they focus on maximizing their output and assume that a market exists for their products. They are not necessarily concerned about the legality of their timber harvesting practices or the demand for their products from socially responsible companies like The Home Depot.

A Problem Facing the Timber Industry Is the Absence of Any