Exam 4: The Environment and Sustainable Business Practices

For the global marketplace to be truly successful in responding to this challenge,businesses need to completely integrate environmental responsibility into their business strategies.

Determining what is involved for a firm to be socially responsible:

All else held equal,socially responsible firms:

In addressing social responsibility,managers must consider their firms' relations with

,approximately how many people live in areas which do not have access to clean and safe drinking water?

Often it is the threat of negative publicity that pressures businesses to enforce their corporate code of ethics.

What percentage cuts to carbon-based emissions are needed to significantly reverse the downward spiral associated with climate change?

Canadian businesses are not socially responsible for the activities of a foreign supplier.

Emissions Management is focused on our ability,across the globe,to achieve a position of ________.

A firm's net social contribution is the difference between their positive contributions and their negative social impacts.

For many businesses,environmental sustainability is focused which two short-term outcomes?

current estimate for the population growth of our planet in 2050 is 9.2 billion.

Participants must block the ability of market players from obtaining and leveraging a competitive advantage as a result of efforts to avoid environmental costs.

Which of the following is NOT one of the fundamental shifts in the thought process associated with waste according to The Resource Management model?

Which of the following is NOT one of the five critical sustainability challenges?

Recycling is a business response to employee issues.

Emissions Management is focused on our ability,across the globe,to achieve a position of zero global emissions.

Only the United States scored worse than Canada,with respect to water consumption.

When working with international firms,Canadian businesses:

The Global Fuel Economy Initiative expects the number of cars worldwide to triple between now and 2050.