
BUS475 Quiz 2
Question 1
5 out of 5 points
Proactive companies are:
Answer
Selected Answer:
Much less likely to be blindsided by crises and negative surprises.
Correct Answer:
Much less likely to be blindsided by crises and negative surprises.

Question 2
5 out of 5 points
The drivers of stakeholders of engagement are:
Answer
Selected Answer:
Goals, motivation, and operational capacity.
Correct Answer:
Goals, motivation, and operational capacity.

Question 3
5 out of 5 points
Legal environmental intelligence includes:
Answer
Selected Answer:
Considerations of patents, copyrights, or trademarks.
Correct Answer:
Considerations of patents, copyrights, or trademarks.

Question 4
5 out of 5 points
The emergence of a public issue indicates that:
Answer
Selected
Answer:
Correct
Answer:

A gap has developed between what stakeholders expect and what an
organization is actually doing.
A gap has developed between what stakeholders expect and what an
organization is actually doing.
Question 5
5 out of 5 points
The issue management process has how may stages?
Answer
Selected Answer:
Five.
Correct Answer:
Five.

Question 6
5 out of 5 points
The “graying” of the population is an example of:
Answer
Selected Answer:
Customer environment.
Correct Answer:
Customer environment.

Question 7
5 out of 5 points
Customer environmental intelligence includes:
Answer
Selected Answer:
Demographic factors.
Correct Answer:
Demographic factors.

Question 8
5 out of 5 points
Contemporary issue management:
Answer
Selected Answer:
Is an interactive, forward thinking process.
Correct Answer:
Is an interactive, forward thinking process.

Question 9
0 out of 5 points
Issue ripeness refers to:
Answer
Selected
Answer:
Correct
Answer:
How long the issue has been a problem for business, the longer the more
ripe.
When society’s expectations are high and the issue is highly relevant to
business.

Question 10
5 out of 5 points
Stakeholder engagement is, at its core, a:
Answer
Selected Answer:
Relationship.
Correct Answer:
Relationship.

Question 11
0 out of 5 points
The role of special interest groups is an important element in acquiring intelligence from the:
Answer
Selected Answer:
Competitor environment.
Correct Answer:
Social environment.

Question 12
5 out of 5 points
An analysis of the stability or instability of a government is an example of scanning the:
Answer
Selected Answer:
Political environment.
Correct Answer:
Political environment.

Question 13
5 out of 5 points
When working well, the issue management process:
Answer
Selected Answer:
Continuously cycles back to the beginning and repeats.
Correct Answer:
Continuously cycles back to the beginning and repeats.

Question 14
5 out of 5 points
A corporation’s issue management activities are usually linked to:
Answer
Selected Answer:
Both the board of directors and top management levels.
Correct Answer:
Both the board of directors and top management levels.

Question 15
5 out of 5 points
Overtime, the nature of business’s relationship with its stakeholders often:
Answer
Selected Answer:
Evolves through a series of stages.
Correct Answer:
Evolves through a series of stages.

Question 16
5 out of 5 points
Scholars have found:
Answer
Selected Answer:
A positive association between social and financial performance.
Correct Answer:
A positive association between social and financial performance.

Question 17
5 out of 5 points
A social enterprise:
Answer
Selected Answer:
Adopts social benefit as its core mission.
Correct Answer:
Adopts social benefit as its core mission.

Question 18
5 out of 5 points
Corporations have a role in establishing their community’s:
Answer
Selected Answer:
Economic growth.
Correct Answer:
Economic growth.

Question 19
5 out of 5 points
A company who complies with the laws and regulations set by the government is:
Answer
Selected
Answer:
Meeting the minimum level of social responsibility expected by the
public.
Correct Answer:
Meeting the minimum level of social responsibility expected by the
public.

Question 20
5 out of 5 points
Modern corporations should be socially responsible because they:
Answer
Selected Answer:
Create jobs, influencing the lives of employees.
Correct Answer:
Create jobs, influencing the lives of employees.

Question 21
0 out of 5 points
As of 2012, the B Corporation status has been legally recognized in how many states?
Answer
Selected Answer:
Fifteen states.
Correct Answer:
Seven states.

Question 22
5 out of 5 points
Which of the following examples does not show a company guided by enlightened selfinterest?
Answer
Selected Answer:
A company breaking past records by maximizing quarterly profits.
Correct Answer:
A company breaking past records by maximizing quarterly profits.

Question 23
0 out of 5 points
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) means that a corporation should:
Answer
Selected
Answer:
Correct
Answer:

Always forgo profit for the sake of the environment.
Be held accountable for any of its actions that affect people, their
communities, and their environment.
Question 24
5 out of 5 points
Stakeholder partnerships, high-tech communication networks, and sustainability audits
are examples of:
Answer
Selected Answer:
Corporate/Global Citizenship.
Correct Answer:
Corporate/Global Citizenship.

Question 25
0 out of 5 points
When businesses bring products and services to the many people in the world who have
traditionally been beyond the reach of global commerce, they are said to be:
Answer
Selected Answer:
Focusing on the ends of the supply chain.
Correct Answer:
Serving the bottom of the pyramid.

Question 26
5 out of 5 points
When undertaking social initiatives, a company:
Answer
Selected Answer:
May sacrifice short-term profits.
Correct Answer:
May sacrifice short-term profits.

Question 27
0 out of 5 points
When a person or group of people identify a social need and use their entrepreneurial
skills to address this need, this process is called:
Answer
Selected Answer:
Social stewardship.
Correct Answer:
Social entrepreneurship.

Question 28
5 out of 5 points
Corporate power refers to:
Answer
Selected
Answer:
Correct
Answer:

The capability of corporations to influence government, the economy, and
society, based on their organizational resources.
The capability of corporations to influence government, the economy, and
society, based on their organizational resources.
Question 29
5 out of 5 points
All of the following are examples of the phases of Corporate Social Responsibility
except:
Answer
Selected Answer:
Corporate Charity Principle.
Correct Answer:
Corporate Charity Principle.

Question 30
0 out of 5 points
This occurs when financial organizations provide loans to low-income clients or
solidarity lending groups (a community of borrowers) who traditionally lacked access to
banking or related services.
Answer
Selected Answer:
Micro-entrepreneurship.
Correct Answer:
Microfinancing