MG 308 Test #2
Which type of organization's political action committee gave the greatest amount by total contribution in 2011-2012?
A business
Good corporate citizens:
All of the above: strive to conduct all business dealings in an ethical manner, make a concerned effort to balance the needs of all stakeholders, and work to protect the environment
By promoting the use of clean cookstoves in developing nations, a global alliance hopes to reduce:
Black carbon
to influence government policymakers' actions, an information strategy involves:
Business leaders speaking before government policymakers
Trade associations are:
Coalitions of companies in the same or related industries
deregulation has occurred in the following industries:
Commercial airlines, railroads, and financial institutions
When a company decides to publicize information collected in a social audit, this is called:
Corporate social reporting
the Ronald McDonald House charity, operated by McDonald's has been criticized for:
Diverting attention away from the company's contributions to the nation's obesity epidemic
Economic policies include:
Fiscal and Monetary policies
When a company puts its commitment to social and environmental responsibility into practice worldwide, not only locally or regionally it is called:
Global Corporate Citizenship
The phase of technology that focuses on building material goods and manual labor is:
Industrial
The information phase of technology primarily requires:
Intellectual and electronics skills
M-commerce is facilitated primarily by:
Mobile or cell phones
Hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking", has the following benefit:
Natural gas burns more cleanly than either coal or oil
a thin layer of gas that protects the earth from excessive ultraviolet radiation from the sun is:
Ozone
An example of an early economic public policy was:
Public works projects of the Great Depression
the primary way of accomplishing public policy is through:
Regulation
Rapid economic development is often accompanied by:
Rising incomes, bringing higher rates of both consumption and waste
The major focus of ISO 14001 is to:
Support environmental management standards
the self-reinforcing feature of technology means that:
Technology acts as a multiplier to encourage its own faster development
Which of the following countries has not ratified the Kyoto Protocol?
The United States
Financial, Social and environmental results are reported together in a firm's:
Triple bottom line report
In the U.S., the federal government regulates which of the following major areas of environmental protection?
all of the above: air pollution, water pollution, and land pollution
Which of the following is an example of a nonrenewable resource?
coal
The buying and selling of goods and services electronically is called:
e-business
Patterns of government taxing and spending that are intended to stimulate or support the economy are:
fiscal policies
The digital divide describes the gap between those:
individuals who have technology and those who do not
The information strategy tool most used by business is:
lobbying
One of the most common financial-incentive strategy tools is:
political action committee contributions
Sustainable development
Balances economic and environmental considerations
Policies that affect the the supply, demand, and value of a nation's currency are:
Monetary policies
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was created:
to coordinate most of the government's efforts to protect the environment