Corporate Social Responsibility
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Course Introduction
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) explores the ethical, social, and environmental obligations of businesses in modern society. This course examines how corporations are expected to operate beyond simple profit maximization by considering the interests of various stakeholders, including employees, customers, communities, and the environment. Topics include ethical decision-making, stakeholder theory, sustainability initiatives, reporting and transparency, global CSR standards, and the integration of responsible practices into business strategy. Through case studies and real-world examples, students will develop a critical understanding of the challenges and opportunities associated with implementing CSR in a variety of organizational contexts.
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Understanding Business Ethics 3rd Edition by Peter A. Stanwick
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Chapter 1: The Foundation of Ethical Thought
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Q1) Which of the following is not an example of fairness?
A) Distributive fairness
B) Reciprocal fairness
C) Procedural fairness
D) Fiduciary fairness
Answer: D
Q2) ______________ allows employees and managers to address potential ethical issues before they occur.
A) Analytical ethics
B) Descriptive ethics
C) Normative ethics
D) Constructive ethics
Answer: C
Q3) ____________ is the presentation of facts related to specific ethical actions of an individual or organization.
A) Analytical ethics
B) Descriptive ethics
C) Normative ethics
D) Constructive ethics
Answer: B
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Chapter 2: The Evolving Complexities of Business Ethics
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Q1) The Ethics Resource Center helped form the first business ethics office at General Dynamics in 1985.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) The tax shelter established by Promogroup is based on _____________ of royalties that go into and leave the Netherlands.
A) The simple flow
B) The net present value
C) Discounted cash flow
D) Internal rate of return
Answer: A
Q3) During the 1950s, the most significant event in the United States was the passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 3: Stakeholders and Corporate Social Responsibility
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Q1) Based on an audit done by Verité in 2004, ______________ of audited firms in India were in violation of minimum wage rules.
A) 21%
B) 36%
C) 60%
D) 67%
Answer: C
Q2) A firm which has a high level of commitment from both a market and competence orientation is described as having a(n) ________________ configuration.
A) Constricted philanthropy
B) Peripheral philanthropy
C) Dispersed philanthropy
D) Strategic philanthropy
Answer: D
Q3) The relationship between the firm and its suppliers is solely commercial and financially based.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 4: Ethics and Financial Reporting
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Q1) ______________ is the purposeful intervention in the process of reporting income numbers with the objective of dampening the fluctuations of those numbers around their trend.
A) Stakeholder management
B) Income smoothing
C) Cookie jar accounting
D) Off-shore financing
Q2) All of the following are criteria that revenues must meet according to the SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 101 except
A) Persuasive evidence of an arrangement
B) Delivery or services planned but not necessarily rendered
C) Price fixed or readily determinable
D) Collectability reasonably assured
Q3) Auditors are considered gatekeepers for the stakeholders.
A)True
B)False
Q4) In a short essay, list the six sets of industry factors that affect the industry based antecedents of fraud.
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Chapter 5: Ethical Leadership and Corporate Governance
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Q1) The principles of ethical power include all of the following except
A) Punishment
B) Purpose
C) Perspective
D) Patience
Q2) The operating board actually makes the key decisions for the firm, and the top-level management is responsible for implementing the board's decisions.
A)True
B)False
Q3) _______________ can be defined as the system that is used by firms to control and direct their operations and the operations of their representatives, the employees.
A) Corporate culture
B) Artifacts
C) Corporate governance
D) Ethical values
Q4) Transformational leaders create a long-term vision for the firm.
A)True
B)False
Q5) In a short essay, discuss corporate governance.
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Chapter 6: Strategic Planning, Corporate Culture, and Corporate Compliance
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Q1) In a short essay, list and discuss the three levels on which corporate culture exists simultaneously within a firm.
Q2) The U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act that forbids firms from contributing to foreign political campaigns was passed into law in
A) 1907
B) 2007
C) 1990
D) 1977
Q3) In a short essay, list and discuss the decision-making steps in the ethical cycle.
Q4) _____________ are based on what groups within the firm learn about what is acceptable and not acceptable.
A) Shared values
B) Basic assumptions
C) Artifacts
D) Self-interests
Q5) In a short essay, list the five-step process needed to embed positive ethics and values within the culture of the firm through its compliance program.
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Chapter 7: Decision Making and Human Resource Issues
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Q1) In 2011, the EEOC received _________ claims of sexual harassment.
A) 113,640
B) 1,364
C) 11,364
D) 1,136,400
Q2) What is not a reason for working at an extreme job?
A) Stimulating and challenging
B) High compensation
C) Pressure from domestic situation
D) Power/status
Q3) Geographic diversity relates to having employees with different genders, different ages, different ethnic backgrounds, and/or professional backgrounds.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Actions which the decision maker cannot change are called
A) Rigid actions
B) Inflexible actions
C) Nondiscretionary actions
D) Discretionary actions
Q5) In a short essay, list and discuss the three categories of moral luck.
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Chapter 8: Ethics and the Environment
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Q1) An environmental compliance system does not include one of the following areas:
A) publish an annual environmental report
B) provide employees with environmental trainng
C) provide financial incentives for good environmental practice
D) ensure that the same environmental standards are consistent globally
Q2) Employee led environmental innovation strategies do not add value to the firm's environmental credibility
A)True
B)False
Q3) In which of the following strategic focus does the firm embrace proactive environmental ideals as long as they can help reduce the overall cost of production?
A) environmental cost leadership
B) ecobranding
C) ecoefficiency
D) beyond compliance leadership
Q4) The firm's carbon footprint is based on the total amount of GHG emissions that are a direct result of the firm's operations.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Ethics and Information Technology
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Q1) What percentage of managers considered the right of employees to send and receive personal e-mails during working hours seriously unethical?
A) 39%
B) 50%
C) 56%
D) 58%
Q2) Under the ______________, employers can consider individual's e-mails corporate property.
A) Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
B) Sydney Principles
C) Kyoto Treaty
D) Electronic Communications Privacy Act
Q3) In a short essay, list four of the six measures that can be used to protect businesses from cyberterrorism.
Q4) Stakeholder analysis treats all stakeholders equally in the critical analysis of information technology management issues.
A)True
B)False
Q5) In a short essay, explain the USA PATRIOT Act.
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Chapter 10: Ethics and Information Technology
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Q1) During the 2002 hurricane in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, what was the opportunistic price of the flashlight?
A) $4.97
B) $7.99
C) $11.98
D) $14.97
Q2) A negative consequence of boycotting a product made in a sweatshop may be that___________________.
A) The factory workers may be fired
B) Customers may perceive the "free rider" benefits of supporting the boycott
C) Customers increase their level of social and personal self-esteem
D) Consumers feel better about themselves
Q3) Interorganizational relationships refer to the personal dynamics between the purchasing individual and the supplier salesperson.
A)True
B)False
Q4) In a short essay, list and discuss four of the ways in which false and misleading advertising may take place.
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Chapter 11: Ethical Issues in the Developing World
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Q1) _____________ is the process in which small loans are given to entrepreneurial individuals in developing counties in order to develop income that will benefit the individual as well as the local village through poverty reduction.
A) Equity finance
B) Macro finance
C) Debt finance
D) Microfinance
Q2) Which of the following is NOT a factor that encourages private sector investment to reduce poverty?
A) Strong infrastructures
B) A strong and objective legal system
C) A government that supports economic growth
D) High population growth
Q3) What is not a strategic focus for firms who concentrate on bottom of the pyramid customers?
A) Large volume low profit margins
B) Transactions taking place in an informal market
C) Long term view of the project
D) Products based on normal market conditions
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Chapter 12: Establishing a Code of Ethics and Ethical Guidelines
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Q1) Which of the following organizations is not involved in developing a Global Code of Ethics?
A) Caux Round Table
B) Organization of Economic Co-operation and Development Guidelines
C) World Economic Forum
D) United Nations Global Impact
Q2) General Electric in 2010 published its Citizenship Report titled ______.
A) Financial Growth
B) Sustainable Growth
C) Sustainable Development
D) Financial Development
Q3) All of the following are considered critical elements of a good ethics program except
A) An introduction from the CEO
B) The assignment of functional responsibility
C) Proper employee training
D) An ethics hotline
Q4) The three major stages of the TRM system are unfreezing, moving, and refreezing.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 13: Evaluating Corporate Ethics
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Q1) According to the research study conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers 2014 Global Economic Crime Survey, which of the following industry categories had the lowest percentage for both 2011 and 2014?
A) Manufacturing
B) Chemicals
C) Transport and logistics
D) Insurance
Q2) All of the following are examples of types of stakeholders except
A) Government
B) Suppliers
C) Competitors
D) Customers
Q3) Many corporations are finding themselves appointing ethics officers.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Establishing an ethics program is a challenge only for large publicly traded companies.
A)True
B)False
Q5) In a short essay, discuss the role of ethics officers.
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