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