Corporate Social Responsibility
Midterm Exam
Course Introduction
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) explores the ethical, social, and environmental responsibilities of businesses in todays global economy. This course examines the principles, frameworks, and practices that guide corporations in balancing profit-making with social accountability to stakeholders, including employees, customers, communities, and the environment. Students will analyze case studies of successful and unsuccessful CSR initiatives, evaluate regulatory and voluntary standards, and discuss the strategic integration of CSR into core business operations. The course also considers the impact of globalization, stakeholder engagement, and transparency in fostering sustainable business practices that contribute positively to society.
Recommended Textbook
Law and Ethics in the Business Environment 9th Edition by Terry Halbert
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Chapter 1: Law, Ethics, Business: An Introduction
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Q1) Virtue ethics:
A)focuses on what human beings are capable of being.
B)requires strict adherence to specific standards of behavior.
C)accepts that individuals rarely reach moral excellence.
D)are based on the concept that a person's ethical beliefs are developed in childhood and do not change.
Answer: A
Q2) Which of the following views would be consistent with the free market ethics approach advocated by Milton Friedman?
A)Outsourcing to other countries is wrong because it is detrimental to the overall US economy.
B)When making decisions, corporate managers should consider the interests of all the corporation's stakeholders.
C)The only social responsibility of business is to increase profits in a legal and ethical manner.
D)Automating processes and replacing workers is unethical since it does not serve a greater good.
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: The New Economy: Revisioning Work
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Q1) Describe at least three ways in which workers who are not covered by the National Labor Relations Act have organized in order to enhance their bargaining power with those who pay them for their work.
Answer: Several examples are provided in "Six Groups that are Reinventing Organized Labor." Taxi drivers in New York have used driver strikes,demonstrations and other public events to improve their ability to negotiate with the commission that regulates taxis in New York. Non-unionized workers have also organized through door-to-door outreach campaigns,such as the one initiated by Working America. The National Domestic Workers Alliance uses grass roots organizing tactics to gather members who work in the domestic services industries. Workers from outside the U.S.with temporary work visas have also used tactics such as strikes and highlighting the importance of their work as part of large-scale corporate enterprises. Some organizations,such as the Restaurant Opportunities Centers United,are also raising money from consumers and even employers to support their efforts to improve working conditions of non-unionized workers.
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Chapter 3: Whistleblowing: Conflicting Loyalties
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Q1) Explain why the plaintiff in Sullivan v.Harnisch was distinguishable from the plaintiff in Weider v.Skala,according to the Court of Appeals of New York?
Answer: The plaintiff in Weider v.Skala was an attorney who was fired by his law firm employer for insisting that professional misconduct be reported. The court concluded that his firing fell under an exception to at-will employment because the firm fired him for refusing to violate his ethical duties as barred attorney. The plaintiff in Sullivan was not similarly situated because the plaintiff's role as a compliance officer was not as central to his employment and there was not a professional code that strictly controlled his behavior.
Q2) In additional to whistleblowing,explain at least two other exceptions to at-will employment.
Answer: Exceptions to at-will employment include:Employees cannot be fired for attempting to unionize.Employees cannot be fired based on their race,national origin,color,religion,sex,age,or disability.In some states,employees are not deemed "at-will" if their employer implied a promise of good faith and fair dealing or implied the employee could only be fired for cause.In some states,employees cannot be fired if their termination would violate public policy (such as being fired for reporting to jury duty or for reporting sexual harassment).
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Chapter 4: Privacy: Technology, Surveillance and Freedom
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Q1) Judy's employer installed software on her work computer to monitor all of her internet activity,including personal emails. She believes this action constitutes an invasion of privacy and her employer may be liable in tort. Which legal standard would apply?
A)She will succeed if she can show that the installation of the software was an intentional intrusion "upon the solitude or seclusion her or her private affairs," and the employer's use of the software would highly offend a reasonable person.
B)She will succeed if she can show that her employer viewed information that was not public using the software.
C)She will succeed if she can show that her employer used the software to monitor her activity during work hours.
D)She will succeed if she can show that her employer did not act reasonably when installing the software
Q2) The development of technology brought about the first instances of employers monitoring their employees' activities outside of work.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Briefly describe what Alan Westin believes are the "functions of privacy."
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Chapter 5: Diversity: Equity and Justice for All
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Q1) Which of the following federal government agencies is charged with enforcing Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
A)U.S.Department ofLabor
B)<U>Merit Systems Protection Board</U>
C) <U>Office of Personnel Management</U>
D)<U>Equal Employment Opportunity Commission</U>
Q2) In order to be covered by the ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act),a disability must be ongoing and permanent for the foreseeable future.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)favors English-only rules because they decrease the ability for people to stereotype based on national origin or ethnicity and thus decrease illegal workplace discrimination.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Explain the heightened scrutiny standard (also known as intermediate scrutiny)and identify when it applies.
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Chapter 6: Health and Safety: Workers Rights As Human Rights
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Q1) Which of the following arguments offered by the employees of Walmart's international suppliers was successful when they claimed Walmart owed them a duty to enforce its suppliers' promise to pay them minimum and prevailing wages?
A)The employees were third-party beneficiaries of the contracts between Walmart and its suppliers.
B)The employees were de facto employees of Walmart.
C)Walmart owed the employees a common law duty to inspect their working conditions.
D)The employees failed to offer a successful argument.
Q2) Which of the following tools are available to OSHA to help it ensure workplace safety?
I.Safe working standards
II.Enforcement powers,such as fines
III.Compliance assistance and outreach
IV.Whistleblower protections
A)I and II
B)II and IV
C)II only
D)I, II, III, and IV.
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Chapter 7: Environmental Sustainability: Law and Fairness
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Q1) The town of Harleyton is planning to place utility poles on several residents' properties in order to build a free wifi network for its residents. Use the Court's analysis in Lucas v.South Carolina Coastal Council to evaluate whether this should be considered a taking.
Q2) The power of the U.S.Government to take property from a private individual and use it for public purposes is:
A)Due Process
B)Equal Protection
C)Eminent Domain
D)Suffrage
Q3) The Kyoto Protocol is an international treaty to reduce greenhouse admissions,signed by over 200 countries including the United States.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Discuss the obligations of human beings to Mother Earth according to the universal declaration of rights of Mother Earth.
Q5) Explain the concepts of environmental justice and food justice and how the two can be integrated via Food Policy Councils.
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Chapter 8: Marketing: Technology,Choice, Manipulation
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Q1) Describe the FDA's role in combating misleading food advertisements. How does its efforts compliment the efforts of the industry to regulate itself using the Lanham Act?
Q2) Explain how the Central Hudson Test was used to strike down Congress's ban on the use of "Crazy Horse" on alcoholic beverages.
Q3) Discuss some of the ways the FTC has curbed online marketing efforts.
Q4) According to the Learned Intermediary Rule,pharmaceutical manufacturers do not have to warn consumers about drug dangers as long as they have adequately warned physicians.
A)True B)False
Q5) What is the Lanham Act? To succeed in suit under the Lanham Act,what must a company that believes its competitor is using misleading advertising prove?
Q6) Discuss the standards of the Creative Code of the American Associate of Advertising Agencies.
Q7) In the case of R.J.Reynolds Tobacco Company,et al.v.FDA,explain how the Court applied the Central Hudson test.
Q8) Explain the difference between express and implied deceptive advertising.
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Chapter 9: Product Liability: Allocating Risk Responsibility
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Q1) The term caveat emptor means:
A)"seller take care"
B)"empty the cave of deceit"
C)"buyer beware"
D)"truth shall prevail"
Q2) The United States and the European Union place strict regulations on GMO products.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Compare the regulation of biotechnology in the United States to that of the European Union.
Q4) Explain how injured parties can recover damages under the UCC.
Q5) In Wyeth v.Levine,the majority rejected the idea that primary responsibility for drug safety lies with the government and instead lies with the drug manufacturer.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Explain three ways in which a product can be deemed defective or dangerous under strict product liability and provide an example of each.
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Chapter 10: Intellectual Property: Ownership, Creativity, and Innovation
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Q1) Discuss whether a company may obtain a competitor's trade secrets.
Q2) In order to obtain a patent under U.S.Patent Law,an inventor must have an invention that is
I.Not obvious
II.Unique
III.Useful
IV.Not a modification of any prior patents
A)I only
B)I and II
C)I, II and III
D)I, II, III and IV
Q3) Once the copyright on a work has expired:
A)The owner can renew it for a new term
B)The work is in the public domain
C)The work becomes the property of the government
D)The work is considered no longer creative
Q4) Discuss the Fair Use Doctrine. What are the four statutory factors used to determine if a use is fair?
Q5) Why was the Digital Millennium Copyright Act passed?
Q6) Discuss how intellectual property is different from other kinds of property. Page 12
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