Discussion questions:
Part 1
Question 1
Which argument says that stakeholder management realistically depicts how companies really
work?
Question 2
Departments, or offices, within an organization that reach across the dividing line that
separates the company from groups and people in society are:
Question 3
The five types of stakeholders' power recognized by most experts are:
Question 4
Customers can exercise economic stakeholder power by:
Question 5
All of the following are external stakeholders of the firm except:
Question 6
Interactions between business and society occur:
Question 7
A number of European countries require public companies to include employee members on
their boards of directors, so:
Question 8
Which one of the following is considered to be a nonmark et stakeholder of business?
Question 9
When a community group sues a company for health effects caused by the unsafe disposal of
toxic chemicals, this is an exercise of a stakeholder's:
Question 10
With the explosive growth of technologies that facilitate the sharing of information, this kind of
stakeholder power has become increasingly important:
Question 11
Which of the following is not considered to be a nonmarket stakeholder?
Question 12
The instrumental argument says stakeholder management is:
Question 13
The phenomenon of a person or group holding multiple stakeholder duties is referred to as:
Question 14
Stakeholders have been able to form international coalitions more successfully through use of:
Question 15
When something stands out from a background, is seen as important, or draws attention it is:
Selected Answer: Salient.
Correct Answer: Salient.
Part 2
Question 1
Stakeholder engagement is, at its core, a:
Question 2
Issue ripeness refers to:
Question 3
The drivers of stakeholders of engagement are:
Question 4
Customer environmental intelligence includes:
Question 5
Once an organization has implemented the issue management program, it must:
Question 6
The "graying" of the population is an example of:
Question 7
Contemporary issue management:
Question 8
An analysis of the stability or instability of a government is an example of scanning the:
Question 9
A corporation's issue management activities are usually linked to:
Question 10
Legal environmental intelligence includes:
Question 11
The issue management process has how may stages?
Question 12
Failure to understand the beliefs and expectations of stakeholders:
Question 13
Stakeholder engagement is:
Question 14
Proactive companies are:
Question 15
The role of special interest groups is an important element in acquiring intelligence from the:
Question 16
All of the following are examples of the phases of Corporate Social Responsibility except:
Question 17
Corporate power refers to:
Question 18
As of 2012, the B Corporation status has been legally recognized in how many states?
Question 19
Modern corporations should be socially responsible because they:
Question 20
The costs of corporate social responsibility may ultimately be passed on to the:
Question 21
A social enterprise:
Question 22
Grameen Bank in Bangladesh is one of the most recognized:
Question 23
Stakeholder partnerships, high-tech communication networks, and sustainability audits are
examples of:
Question 24
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) means that a corporation should:
Question 25
The iron law of responsibility says that:
Question 27
A company who complies with the laws and regulations set by the government is:
Question 28
Which of the following examples does not show a company guided by enlightened selfinterest?
Question 29
Corporations have a role in establishing their community's:
Question 30
When a person or group of people identify a social need and use their entrepreneurial skills to
address this need, this process is called:
Part 3
Question 1
A just or fair ethical decision occurs when:
Question 2
A conception of right and wrong is:
Question 3
Under the U.S. Corporate Sentencing Guidelines, if a firm has developed a strong ethics
program, corporate executives found guilty of criminal activity may have their sentence:
Question 4
When the benefits of an action outweigh its costs, the action is considered ethically preferred
according to:
Question 5
As an additional employee benefit to promote spirituality, companies have begun to provide
employees with the services of:
Question 6
According to a 2009 opinion poll, Americans hold a dim view of:
Question 7
Which statement characterizes the moral reasoning typically found in a child?
Question 8
Under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, corporations are required to:
Question 9
All of the following values are present in most ethical decisions except:
Question 10
As business becomes increasingly global:
Question 11
In a 2010 study of 400 companies, what percentage of firms said the benefits of the Sarbanes-
Question 12
Cross-cultural contradictions arise due to:
Question 13
At the core of rights reasoning is the belief that:
Question 14
A purchasing agent directing her company's orders to a firm which she received a valuable
gift, is an example of:
Question 15
The main drawback to utilitarian reasoning is that:
Question 16
The unspoken understanding among employees of what is and is not acceptable behavior is
called:
Question 17
In the United States and Latin America, ethics policies were found to be primarily:
Question 18
Which U.S. Act prohibits executives representing U.S.-based companies from paying bribes
to foreign government officials, political parties, or political candidates?
Question 19
Which of the following is not an example of an ethical criterion?
Question 20
Ethics policies typically cover all of the following issues except:
Question 21
Recipients of the corporate ethics awards show that:
Question 22
The critical component in installing an effective ethics program is:
Question 23
Most ethics or compliance officers are generally entrusted to:
Question 24
A company that channels employee behavior in a lawful direction by emphasizing the threat of
detection and punishment is:
Question 25
Ethisphere Magazine recognizes and rewards ethical leadership and business practices
worldwide according to their:
Question 27
A giant step is taken toward improving ethical performance throughout the company when:
Question 28
If a manager approaches ethical issues with a self-centered approach, emphasis will be on:
Question 29
One of the most widespread and potentially powerful efforts to combat bribery was initiated
by:
Question 30
If a manger approaches ethics with benevolence in mind, he or she would stress what?