1. Define "viable" in terms of a company :
a. Possible
b. Able to turn a profit
c. Ability to live in its environment
2. Sustainability goals dictate that :
a. Companies do everything in their power, regardless of cost, to always choose the most sustainable solution
b. Companies ONLY choose sustainable solutions
c. Companies find a healthy balance between sustainability goals and profit goals
d. Companies seek the highest profit, only incorporating sustainability goals once legally mandated to do so
3. From an ethics perspective, companies should follow practices in a foreign land that are :
a. Within the limits of the foreign land's laws
b. Within the limits of the home country's laws, while not breaking any of the foreign land's laws
4. The vast numbers of poor people in the world, in countries such as India and China, have :
a. No economic power
b. Limited economic power
c. Substantial economic power in aggregate
5. The EPA Clean Air Act was created in :
a. 2003
b. 1983
c. 1963
d. 1943
Fill in the blank (3 questions x 3points each = 9 points):
6. The 7 environments a company must interrelate with are : commercial, technical, economic, social, political, educational and ____________.
7. The main goal of all companies, regardless of size or industry, is to ______________.
8. Sustainability dictates that we ensure that future generations have ___________ access to natural resources as we the current generation have.
Term / concept definition (7 questions x 5 points each = 35 points):
9. Define the term "biosphere"
10. Define the cradle to cradle concept.
11. Define sustainability jujitsu.
12. Define greenwashing.
13. Define bluewashing.
14. Define "dematerialization".
15. Define EMS.
Short answer (6 questions x 6 points each = 36 points):
16. Briefly explain why projected population growth over the next 50 years is a sustainability concern. 1-2 sentences, incorporating one specific example.
17. Briefly describe what caused the failure of the sale of Hershey. What critical component of the deal did the board overlook? 1-3 sentences max.
18. 50 years from now it is determined that Company X polluted land and groundwater near their operations plant. Why would a regulatory approach have been better from the beginning, instead of a policing of fining the offender once the damage is done? 1-3 sentences.
19. Give a specific example of dematerialization. 1 sentence.
20. Name 5 classes of stakeholders of the Hershey company that would have been affected (good or bad) by the proposed sale of the company.
21. The Triple Bottom Line c