Exam 5: Managing Social Responsibility and Ethics

Ethics Training (Scenario) You are an employee of a very large company,Behemoth Inc.Several employees routinely have lunch at a local restaurant where most drink alcoholic beverages before returning to work.In addition to this inappropriate behavior,several male coworkers call female employees "babes" and freely use racial slurs.There have been many complaints and the company has decided to use these issues as ethical training examples. -The company brings in help from outside to evaluate decisions and management practices in relation to the organization's code of ethics.These evaluations are called ________.

To be named on the Global 100 list,which is announced each year at the ________,a company has to display a superior ability to effectively manage environmental and social factors.

Under the concept of social obligation,the organization does what is required by the ________.

When a firm advertises that it only uses recycled paper products it is ________.

Which of the following ISO standards is related to quality management?

The Environmental Study (Scenario) You have just been challenged by your supervisor to study and report your findings on approaches that organizations use when dealing with the environment and when pursuing the goal of going green.Your boss tells you to study the four major approaches,differentiate among them,and report to him in a week. -Under what approach do organizations exhibit little environmental sensitivity,and simply obey laws,rules and regulations?

In the United States a company that meets federal pollution control standards and does not discriminate in hiring,promotion,and pay is generally meeting its ________.

One argument against businesses championing social responsibility issues is that businesses already have too much power.

Which of the following arguments on social responsibility states that businesses should address social problems before they become serious and costly to correct?

Freedom of association and the effective recognition of the right to collective bargaining are the Global Compact principles in the area of ________.

Two Opposing Views of Social Responsibility (Scenario) The board of directors of Acme Generating Corporation is meeting to consider the construction of a new electricity generation facility somewhere along the Muspetan River basin.The city of Muspetan has a high Air Pollution Index and the increasing amount of garbage is adding to the city's woes.Director Appleton would like the facility to be a coal-burning plant located in a remote area because the cost involved is moderate.Director Witworth wants a nuclear plant because this will not add to the city's already serious pollution problem,while taking care of its electricity requirements.Director Jossleman wants a plant that uses combustible fuels collected from the city's garbage.He wants the plant to be located near the downtown government area so that the steam could be used for heating the government buildings after it has passed through the generating turbines. -Director Witworth is following which of the social responsibility views?

There are four approaches that organizations can take in order to go green.Which of the following is NOT a part of those approaches?

According to the classical view of social responsibility,management's only social responsibility is to maximize profits.

A ________ is a formal statement of an organization's primary values and the ethical rules it expects its employees to follow.

The process of applying social and environmental criteria to an investment decision is known as ________.

One way to evaluate a company's green actions is to use the ________ list of the most sustainable corporations in the world.

Many companies around the globe voluntarily report their efforts in promoting environmental sustainability using the guidelines developed by the ________.

The aspect that differentiates social responsibility from other similar concepts is that it adds a(n)________.

________ is defined as a business firm's intention,beyond its legal and economic obligations,to do the right things and act in ways that are good for society.

The Global Compact is a document created by the United Nations outlining principles for doing business globally in the areas of human rights,labor,the environment,and anticorruption.