Social Responsibility Ch 8

The typical public affairs executive spends most of the day:

Fund raising. Direct lobbying. Coalition building.

Public policies and government regulations are shaped by:

Government. Special interest groups. Business.

A company that builds stakeholder coalitions to influence government is using which strategy?

Constituency-building.

Which of the following is not a constituency-building strategy tool?

Expert witness testimony.

In a survey of 105 companies in 2017, the most frequent public affairs tactic was related to:

Federal government relations

Firms in the chemical industry, which must contend with frequently changing environmental regulations and the risk of dangerous accidents, usually have:

A sophisticated political strategy.

When managers become personally involved in developing public policy, the firm is at what level of business political involvement?

Aggressive organizational involvement.

Businesses promote an information strategy by inviting government leaders to:

Visit local plant facilities. Attend company award ceremonies. Give speeches to employees.

Proponents of business as a political participant argue:

Both of these answers are correct: A pluralistic system invites many participants; and business is a vital stakeholder of government.

Hiring former government officials for positions in the corporate world is:

Both of these answers are correct: Always unethical; and considered unethical by over 50% of Americans.

To influence government policymakers' actions, an information strategy involves:

Business leaders speaking before government policymakers.

Which political action strategy seeks to gain support from other affected organizations to better influence policymakers?

Constituency-building strategy.

Since 2008, the total amount spent on lobbying activity has:

Decreased slightly.

A corporate political strategy does not

Determine the legal limits allowed for campaign financing

Which of these statements accurately describes a Super PAC?

Does not allow direct contributions to candidates or political parties.

Supporters of advocacy advertisements believe that they:

Identify a company as an interested and active stakeholder; and can help mold public opinion on a particular policy issue.

Expert witness testimony is often collected:

In congressional hearings.

When a business seeks to overturn a law after it has been passed or threatens to challenge the legal legitimacy of the new regulation in the courts, this is called

Legal challenges.

The information strategy tool most used by business is:

Lobbying.

In the case Political Action by the U.S. Steel Industry, 2015-2018, what is one reason that foreign-made steel prices were so much lower than U.S. steel?

Many foreign governments subsidized their steel industries.

One of the oldest financial-incentive strategy tools is

Political action committee contributions.

A common tactic in a financial-incentive political strategy is:

Political contributions.

To help control political favoritism, there have been global efforts to:

Promote fairness in the electoral process.

In Japan's pluralistic public policy process, who are the major participants?

Representatives of big business, agriculture, and labor.

A large sporting goods store that raised the age for purchase of some firearms in response to public concerns for gun control were seen by detractors as:

Risking their reputation by engaging in politics.

In 2016, the Global Electoral Organization (GEO) discussed which critical election administration issues?

The use of technology to increase accountability.

Economic leverage occurs when a business uses its economic power to:

Threaten to leave a location unless a desired political action is taken.

Dark money refers to:

Undisclosed contributions to tax-exempt organizations.

When a firm solicits its stockholders for political contributions for a particular candidate by letter and then sends those contributions to the candidate on behalf of its stockholders, it is called:

Bundling.