Question 1

When looking at social reporting by country, Japan and the United Kingdom top the list of percentage of firms reporting.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 2

Asian Forum on Corporate Social Responsibility gives awards for excellence in:

Accepted Answer

A)   Environmental management.
B)   Education.
C)   Poverty alleviation.
D)   All of the above. D

Question 3

The Foundation that is engaged in inspiring senior management, involving all business lines in the organization, and having an impact by way of results is called:

Accepted Answer

A)   Business for Social Responsibility.
B)   Fundacion Empresa y Sociedad.
C)   Corporate Social Responsibility Europe.
D)   Canadian Business for Social Responsibility. B

Question 4

Some companies have created a department of corporate citizenship to:

Accepted Answer

A)   Adopt the United Nations' Global Compact Principles.
B)   Decentralize under common leadership wide-ranging corporate citizenship functions.
C)   Centralize under common leadership wide-ranging corporate citizenship functions.
D)   Narrow the job of the public relations office.

Question 5

If a company acknowledges the need to build more coherent initiatives, it is in the innovative stage of becoming a corporate citizen.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Shareholder activism is:

Accepted Answer

A)   More pronounced in Europe.
B)   More pronounced in the United States.
C)   More pronounced in Asia.
D)   More pronounced in the Caribbean.

Question 7

Companies in which two countries have taken the lead in social reporting?

Accepted Answer

A)   Japan and United Kingdom.
B)   United Kingdom and Italy.
C)   Japan and Italy.
D)   Spain and France.

Question 8

Businesses in many different countries now practice active citizenship. Using examples from the text, discuss how businesses interpret and act on their global citizenship commitments.

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Question 9

Triple bottom line disclosure is primarily driven by:

Accepted Answer

A)   Noneconomic drivers.
B)   Managerial accounting drivers.
C)   Economic drivers.
D)   Technological advances.

Question 10

Define global corporate citizenship. Why has corporate citizenship recently become so complicated?

Accepted Answer

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Question 11

The differences in corporate citizenship amongst various nations are driven by:

Accepted Answer

A)   Governmental involvement.
B)   Stakeholder activism.
C)   Cultural traditions.
D)   All of the above.

Question 12

Managers responding to the needs of the local education system as a normal or routine aspect of its operations is an example of an organization in the:

Accepted Answer

A)   Innovative stage.
B)   Integrated stage.
C)   Transforming stage.
D)   Engaged stage.

Question 13

How can triple bottom line reporting be used to measure a firm's corporate citizenship practices?

Accepted Answer

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Question 14

Once a company enters the innovative stage of corporate citizenship, it will:

Accepted Answer

A)   Begin reporting its efforts to stakeholders.
B)   Step up its philanthropic giving.
C)   Increase the number of stakeholders to the firm.
D)   Build more coherent initiatives with stakeholders.

Question 15

Which of the following is not a motivation for adopting a balanced score card approach?

Accepted Answer

A)   Economic considerations.
B)   Technological considerations.
C)   Ethical considerations.
D)   Innovation.

Question 16

Developing products and services that meet the needs of the world's poorest citizens is sometimes called:

Accepted Answer

A)   Selling to the bottom of the pyramid.
B)   Selling to the top of the pyramid.
C)   Selling to the poverty premium.
D)   Business design opportunity.

Question 17

Corporate citizenship partnerships can exist between companies and stakeholders in other countries.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

The initiative into which GE has poured vast resources into developing energy-efficient and environmentally friendly products and services is called:

Accepted Answer

A)   Poverty for Profits.
B)   Ecomagination.
C)   The upside down pyramid.
D)   None of the above.

Question 19

Companies see the need to build more coherent initiatives as they move into the:

Accepted Answer

A)   Innovative stage.
B)   Integrated stage.
C)   Engaged stage.
D)   Transforming stage.

Question 20

Define balanced score card. What are the four quadrants of the balanced score card approach?

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Exam 7: Global Corporate Citizenship

When looking at social reporting by country, Japan and the United Kingdom top the list of percentage of firms reporting.

Asian Forum on Corporate Social Responsibility gives awards for excellence in:

The Foundation that is engaged in inspiring senior management, involving all business lines in the organization, and having an impact by way of results is called:

Some companies have created a department of corporate citizenship to:

If a company acknowledges the need to build more coherent initiatives, it is in the innovative stage of becoming a corporate citizen.

Shareholder activism is:

Companies in which two countries have taken the lead in social reporting?

Businesses in many different countries now practice active citizenship. Using examples from the text, discuss how businesses interpret and act on their global citizenship commitments.

Triple bottom line disclosure is primarily driven by:

Define global corporate citizenship. Why has corporate citizenship recently become so complicated?

The differences in corporate citizenship amongst various nations are driven by:

Managers responding to the needs of the local education system as a normal or routine aspect of its operations is an example of an organization in the:

How can triple bottom line reporting be used to measure a firm's corporate citizenship practices?

Once a company enters the innovative stage of corporate citizenship, it will:

Which of the following is not a motivation for adopting a balanced score card approach?

Developing products and services that meet the needs of the world's poorest citizens is sometimes called:

Corporate citizenship partnerships can exist between companies and stakeholders in other countries.

The initiative into which GE has poured vast resources into developing energy-efficient and environmentally friendly products and services is called:

Companies see the need to build more coherent initiatives as they move into the:

Define balanced score card. What are the four quadrants of the balanced score card approach?