Deck 13: Sustainability and Strategy

Question 1

Triple bottom line strategy should be an:

A) Action framework
B) Measuring framework
C) Agenda setting framework
D) Accounting framework

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Consumers exercising moral choice in their purchasing decisions is known as…

A) Consumer activism
B) Consumer choice
C) Consumer pressure
D) Stakeholder action

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Employees make increased contribution to TBL agendas when they feel:

A) A greater sense of purpose
B) Better paid
C) Understood
D) Valued

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Organizations that aim to build deep employee commitment and capabilities in sustainable practices should expect progress that is gauged in:

A) Months and years
B) Days and weeks
C) Weeks and months
D) Decades

Question 5

CSR thinking can sometimes include an organizational focus that keeps societal issues on the periphery. Porter and Kramer (2011) advocate a new business model of…

A) creating shared value
B) creating joint ventures
C) creating social initiatives
D) creating purposeful strategy

Question 6

Ormiston and Wong (2013) have been critical of CSR for allowing organizations to do good in the community and creating a feeling of being excused for behaving at a lower standard of conduct with other stakeholders. They term this as:

A) Moral licensing
B) Moral washing
C) Ethical distrust
D) Cynical licencing

Question 7

Shareholders are interested in sustainability for which two of the following reasons?

A) An indicator of long-term value creation potential
B) Whether new and existing talent consider an organization's attitude to sustainability as an influencing factor in their choice of employer
C) As a lead indicator on profit
D) As an efficient means to resource management

Question 8

Which of the following two are ways to achieve sustainable investing put forward by UBS?

A) Exclusion
B) Integration
C) Collaboration
D) Investigation

Question 9

In 2018 social enterprises contributed £60million to the UK economy.

Question 10

A crucial limit for global warming will be a 1.5 degree increase in temperature above pre-industrial levels.