BUS 475 Quiz Week 4-11 complete solution questions and all correct answers 2020 liberty university

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BUS 475 Quiz Week 4-11 complete solution questions and all correct answers 2020 liberty university • Question 1 3 out of 3 points Global market channels involve a firm producing goods in: ... • Question 2 3 out of 3 points Technological innovation has aided the spread of globalization by: • Question 3 3 out of 3 points The purpose of the World Trade Organization is to: • Question 4 3 out of 3 points Single-party rule by communist parties still remains in: • Question 5 3 out of 3 points The loan policies of the World Bank: • Question 6 3 out of 3 points A critic of globalization might argue that companies decide to manufacture in China mainly because of China’s: • Question 7 3 out of 3 points A society where economic power is concentrated in the hands of government officials and political authorities is called: • Question 8 3 out of 3 points The primary purpose of the International Monetary Fund is to: • Question 9 3 out of 3 points The richest 1 percent of the people in the world receives as much income annually as: • Question 10 3 out of 3 points An example of a Global Action Network, or GAN, is: • Question 11 3 out of 3 points The three strategies of globalization can be summarized using what three words? • Question 12 3 out of 3 points A firm that has global operations has: • Question 13 3 out of 3 points Representation on the World Bank’s board of directors is based on: • Question 14 3 out of 3 points What U.S. company is the best example of using globalization to reduce the price of its products? • Question 15 3 out of 3 points The term “race to the bottom” refers to: • Question 16 3 out of 3 points Some companies have created a department of corporate citizenship to: • Question 17 3 out of 3 points Which of the following organizations have developed standards to judge corporate performance? • Question 18 3 out of 3 points A systematic evaluation of an organization’s social, ethical, and environmental performance is called a(n): • Question 19 3 out of 3 points BSR (formerly Business for Social Responsibility) helps its 300 member companies: • Question 20 3 out of 3 points According to the scholar Simon Zadek six benefits of social audits include all of the following except. • Question 21 3 out of 3 points When a company puts its commitment to social and environmental responsibility into practice worldwide, not only locally or regionally it is called: • Question 22 3 out of 3 points The emerging trend in gathering audit information directly from workers using their mobile phones is called: • Question 23 3 out of 3 points Which of the following is not a motivation for publishing a corporate social report? • Question 24 3 out of 3 points Financial, social and environmental results are reported together in a firm’s: • Question 25 3 out of 3 points Companies see the need to build more coherent initiatives as they move into the: • Question 26 3 out of 3 points According to Philip H. Mirvis’ and Bradley K. Googins’ model, how many stages are there of global corporate citizenship? • Question 27 3 out of 3 points According to a survey conducted by The Economist in 2008, how many respondents say corporate citizenship can help increase their companies’ profits? • Question 28 3 out of 3 points When a company decides to publicize information collected in a social audit, this is called: • Question 29 3 out of 3 points The Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that each person: • Question 30 3 out of 3 points The Ronald McDonald House charity, operated by McDonald’s has been criticized for: Quiz 5 • Question 1 3 out of 3 points Governments being asked to ban the use of cell phones by drivers are examples of a public policy: • Question 2 3 out of 3 points Public policy is a basic set of goals, plans and actions undertaken by: • Question 3 3 out of 3 points Patterns of government taxing and spending that are intended to stimulate or support the economy are: • Question 4 3 out of 3 points An example of an early economic public policy was: • Question 5 3 out of 3 points Government’s role is to create and enforce laws that: • Question 6 3 out of 3 points When a government orders companies not to conduct business in another country because of a war, human rights violations, or lack of a legitimate government; these orders are called: • Question 7 3 out of 3 points Studies show that texting while driving is: • Question 8 3 out of 3 points The primary way of accomplishing public policy is through: • Question 9 3 out of 3 points Reregulation is: • Question 10 3 out of 3 points Total social regulation costs are: • Question 11 3 out of 3 points Public policy tools involve a combination of: • Question 12 3 out of 3 points Managers’ understanding of government regulations is: • Question 13 3 out of 3 points Around the world, government: • Question 14 3 out of 3 points Deregulation is often: • Question 15 3 out of 3 points Policies that affect the supply, demand, and value of a nation’s currency are: • Question 16 3 out of 3 points When a business seeks to overturn a law after it has been passed or threatens to challenge the legal legitimacy of the new regulation in the courts, this is called: • Question 17 3 out of 3 points When a firm solicits its stockholders for political contributions for a particular candidate by letter and then sends those contributions to the candidate on behalf of its stockholders, it is called: • Question 18 3 out of 3 points A common tactic in a financial-incentive political strategy is: • Question 19 3 out of 3 points A corporate political strategy does not: • Question 20 3 out of 3 points In a 2011 Harris poll, how many people believed that political action committees were seen as too powerful? • Question 21 3 out of 3 points When managers become personally involved in developing public policy, the firm is at what level of business political involvement? • Question 22 3 out of 3 points To influence government policymakers’ actions, an information strategy involves: • Question 23 3 out of 3 points The information strategy tool most used by business is: • Question 24 3 out of 3 points Advocacy ads are also called: • Question 25 3 out of 3 points Companies have been permitted to contribute to political action committees since: • Question 26 3 out of 3 points Which of the following is not a constituency-building strategy tool? • Question 27 3 out of 3 points One of the most common financial-incentive strategy tools is: • Question 28 3 out of 3 points Lobbyists, under U.S. law, must disclose their: • Question 29 3 out of 3 points Trade associations are: • Question 30 3 out of 3 points Which type of organization’s political action committee gave the greatest amount by total contribution in 2011 – 2012? Quiz 6 • Question 1 3 out of 3 points Depletion of the ozone layer, destruction of the rain forests, and species extinctions all have an impact on: • Question 2 3 out of 3 points A shared resource, such as land, air, or water, that a group of people uses collectively is a(n): • Question 3 3 out of 3 points By promoting the use of clean cookstoves in developing nations, a global alliance hopes to reduce: • Question 4 3 out of 3 points Scientists believe that if the Montreal Protocol is honored the ozone layer will recover by: • Question 5 3 out of 3 points The commitments of the Convention on Biological Diversity include: • Question 6 3 out of 3 points In which year was the first World Summit on Sustainable Development held? • Question 7 3 out of 3 points Rapid economic development is often accompanied by: • Question 8 3 out of 3 points Which of the following is an example of industrial ecology in practice? • Question 9 3 out of 3 points A thin layer of gas that protects the earth from excessive ultraviolet radiation from the sun is: • Question 10 3 out of 3 points The Sustainability Consortium organized to advance life-cycle analysis for thousands of products includes all of the following companies except: • Question 11 3 out of 3 points Which of the following is an example of a nonrenewable resource? • Question 12 3 out of 3 points The most successful global businesses in coming years will be those companies that: • Question 13 0 out of 3 points The idea that companies have a continuing responsibility for the environmental impact of their products or services, even after they are sold is called: • Question 14 3 out of 3 points This company called its plan to tackle climate change “Plan A” because there is no “Plan B”: • Question 15 3 out of 3 points The Carbon Disclosure Project found that: • Question 16 3 out of 3 points Which of the following is indicative of a firm in the pollution prevention stage of the corporate environmental responsibility model? • Question 17 3 out of 3 points Which country has made the greatest progress in reducing its solid waste stream? • Question 18 3 out of 3 points When companies develop a reputation for environmental excellence, and they produce and deliver products and services designed to attract environmentally aware customers, this is called: • Question 19 3 out of 3 points In 2011 how many of the world’s top 250 companies issued an integrated sustainability report? • Question 20 3 out of 3 points The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was created: • Question 21 3 out of 3 points Being able to continue their activities indefinitely, without altering the carrying capacity of the earth's ecosystem, is a characteristic of: • Question 22 3 out of 3 points Which of the following is not true about the guidelines for sentencing environmental wrongdoers set by the U.S. Sentencing Commission? • Question 23 3 out of 3 points Hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” has the following benefit: • Question 24 3 out of 3 points Which of the following is true about the Toxic Substances Control Act? • Question 25 3 out of 3 points When businesses form voluntary, collaborative partnerships with environmental organizations and regulators to achieve specific objectives this is called: • Question 26 3 out of 3 points Subaru Automotive of America’s effort to minimize waste is an example of: • Question 27 3 out of 3 points Which of the following is the most advanced stage of corporate environmental responsibility? • Question 28 3 out of 3 points Some researchers believe that business firms moving towards ecological sustainability results in: • Question 29 3 out of 3 points When environmentally proactive companies seek out imaginative, innovative new methods for reducing pollution and increasing efficiency, they are adopting which strategy? • Question 30 3 out of 3 points Environmental justice is a movement to: Quiz 7 • Question 1 3 out of 3 points According to an investigation published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, since the digitalization of medical records: • Question 2 3 out of 3 points According to the text, despite the world becoming more hyper-connected, this region still suffers from an important lag in adopting information and communication technology. • Question 3 3 out of 3 points Which of the following countries is not one of the top 15 Internet users? • Question 4 3 out of 3 points The buying and selling of goods and services electronically is called: • Question 5 3 out of 3 points The phase of technology that focuses on building material goods and manual labor is: • Question 6 3 out of 3 points The information phase of technology primarily requires: • Question 7 3 out of 3 points This term refers to the practical applications of science and knowledge to commercial and organizational activities. • Question 8 3 out of 3 points The place where information is stored, ideas are described, and communication takes place in and through an electronic network of linked systems is called: • Question 9 3 out of 3 points In 2012, the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) reported that how many of the world’s computers were infected with some type of malware? • Question 10 3 out of 3 points In 2011, 1.2 billion people worldwide used social networking sites: • Question 11 3 out of 3 points A 2012 study found that Internet access in African-American homes was how much less than Caucasian homes? • Question 12 3 out of 3 points Anti-spam legislation was passed by which country making it a crime to send unsolicited e-mail messages to people’s private e-mail addresses or cell phones: • Question 13 3 out of 3 points We are currently in which phase in the development of technology? • Question 14 3 out of 3 points The practice of using fake business emails in order to trick users into divulging personal data, such as usernames and passwords, is called: • Question 15 3 out of 3 points The self-reinforcing feature of technology means that: • Question 16 3 out of 3 points According to the Center for Responsible Nanotechnology how many separate and severe risks are associated with nanotechnology. • Question 17 3 out of 3 points The practice of downloading copyrighted songs was challenged because it: • Question 18 3 out of 3 points The application of engineering to create materials on a molecular or atomic scale is: • Question 19 3 out of 3 points According to The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), worldwide sales of music fell by how much in 2009? • Question 20 3 out of 3 points In some economically developed countries and most developing countries around the world genetically modified food was: • Question 21 3 out of 3 points Over time the role of the CIO: • Question 22 3 out of 3 points In 2005, the United Nations approved a declaration that: • Question 23 3 out of 3 points These individuals hack into government or corporate computer networks and then release information to try to embarrass those organizations or gain leverage against these organizations: • Question 24 3 out of 3 points The number of Americans who actively use mobile-banking services in 2009 and thus were increasingly vulnerable to hacking was: • Question 25 3 out of 3 points This international gathering brought together leaders from the United States and 27 European countries to address the global nature of cyberattacks: • Question 26 3 out of 3 points In 2011 this region contained the highest commercial value of unlicensed (pirated) software: • Question 27 3 out of 3 points In the United Kingdom offenders of software piracy and those who breach intellectual property rights core: • Question 28 3 out of 3 points In a survey of 583 U.S. companies, how many were breached at least once by hackers over the past year? • Question 29 3 out of 3 points A CIO is the company’s: • Question 30 3 out of 3 points In 2005, this school announced that it would admit some of the 17 business applicants who had hacked into its computerized database: Quiz 8 • Question 1 3 out of 3 points The paramount duty of the board of directors of a public corporation is to: • Question 2 3 out of 3 points Corporate governance involves the exercise of control over a company’s: • Question 3 3 out of 3 points The mission of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is to: • Question 4 3 out of 3 points The Securities and Exchange Commission outlaws: • Question 5 3 out of 3 points The activism of institutional investors in other countries has been spearheaded by: • Question 6 3 out of 3 points A reason for institutions becoming more assertive in promoting the interests of their member investors is: • Question 7 3 out of 3 points Which of the following is not an instance of “insider trading”? • Question 8 3 out of 3 points Which of the following is not an argument for high executive compensation? • Question 9 3 out of 3 points The board committee that administers and approves salaries and benefits of high-level managers in a company is called the: • Question 10 3 out of 3 points The main reason that American executives are paid so much is: • Question 11 3 out of 3 points Which if the following is not a legal right of stockholders? • Question 12 3 out of 3 points Which of the following is not a function of board committees? • Question 13 3 out of 3 points How are directors (members of corporate boards) selected? • Question 14 3 out of 3 points In response to concerns about the lack of transparency in financial accounting, Congress passed a new law called the: • Question 15 3 out of 3 points Which of the following arguments opposes the idea of high executive pay? • Question 16 3 out of 3 points Manufacturers making false or misleading claims about a competitor’s product is: • Question 17 3 out of 3 points Online shoppers have always been concerned that: • Question 18 3 out of 3 points One alternative to product liability lawsuits is called: • Question 19 3 out of 3 points When businesses adopt voluntary policies for protecting the privacy of individuals’ information disclosed during electronic transactions, this is called: • Question 20 3 out of 3 points In some cases, businesses have banded together to agree on how they will treat their customers. This is called: • Question 21 3 out of 3 points Advertising that is targeted to particular customers, based on their observed online behavior, is called: • Question 22 3 out of 3 points In the United States, which of the following agencies enforces the laws prohibiting deceptive advertising? • Question 23 3 out of 3 points Which of the following is not a goal of consumer protection laws? • Question 24 3 out of 3 points The law requiring that toys and infant products be tested before sale is called the: • Question 25 3 out of 3 points An identifying marker placed on a user’s computer hard drive during visits in order to identify the user during each subsequent visit and to build profiles of their behavior over time is called a: • Question 26 3 out of 3 points Consumers have become more dependent on businesses for product quality because: • Question 27 3 out of 3 points Which organization brings together 300 nonprofit groups to espouse the consumer viewpoint? • Question 28 3 out of 3 points Which of the following limits the collection of information online from and about children under the age of 13? • Question 29 3 out of 3 points A prime social responsibility of business is to safeguard consumers: • Question 30 3 out of 3 points The act that requires lenders to inform borrowers of the annual rate of interest to be charged, plus related fees and services charges is called: • Question 1 3 out of 3 points Polygraph testing: • Question 2 3 out of 3 points According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor statistics, the highest injury rates are found in which of these industries? • Question 3 3 out of 3 points The right to free speech is protected in the United States by the: • Question 4 3 out of 3 points Which law allows individuals who sue federal contractors for fraud to receive up to 30 percent of any amount recovered by the government? • Question 5 3 out of 3 points The Occupational Safety and Health Act gives workers the right to a job: • Question 6 3 out of 3 points If someone is entitled to be treated a certain way, this refers to a(n): • Question 7 3 out of 3 points Which of the following is not true about employee theft? • Question 8 3 out of 3 points A reason for an increase in employee monitoring does not include: • Question 9 3 out of 3 points Which of the following is not an argument favoring employee drug testing? • Question 10 3 out of 3 points Universal rules establishing a common set of labor standards worldwide are called: • Question 11 3 out of 3 points During the 1930s, many workers in the United States joined unions, and the ranks of organized labor grew rapidly. This historical period was called: • Question 12 3 out of 3 points When an employee believes their employer has done something that is wrong or harmful to the public, and he or she reports alleged organizational misconduct to the media, government, or high-level company officials, what has occurred? • Question 13 3 out of 3 points Privacy rights seek to protect the employees’ private lives from: • Question 14 3 out of 3 points The conditions under which a company’s employees work is called: • Question 15 3 out of 3 points Since the mid-1950s the proportion of American workers represented by unions has: • Question 16 3 out of 3 points Sexual harassment applies to: • Question 17 3 out of 3 points Racial harassment is illegal under: • Question 18 3 out of 3 points Age, ethnicity, gender, mental or physical abilities, race, and sexual orientation are what dimensions of diversity? • Question 19 3 out of 3 points Executive Order 11246, established in 1965, mandates: • Question 20 3 out of 3 points A study by Catalyst found that companies with three or more female directors had: • Question 21 3 out of 3 points How do “glass walls” differ from “glass ceilings?” • Question 22 3 out of 3 points Under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), passed in 1993: • Question 23 3 out of 3 points In 2011, what percentage of corporate officers of the Fortune 500 companies were women? • Question 24 3 out of 3 points Which of the following is an argument against affirmative action? • Question 25 3 out of 3 points The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission was created in: • Question 26 3 out of 3 points “Glass walls” refers to: • Question 27 3 out of 3 points Since the early 1990s racial harassment charges filed: • Question 28 3 out of 3 points When a mother or father is granted time off when children are born or adopted and during the early months of a child’s development, this is called: • Question 29 3 out of 3 points Which of the following government rules on equal treatment of employees does not apply to businesses? • Question 30 3 out of 3 points Variation in the important human characteristics that distinguish people from one another is called: • Question 1 3 out of 3 points What percentage of AT&T’s procurement spending went to minority, women, and disabled veteran-owned businesses in 2011? • Question 2 3 out of 3 points According to a Harvard Business Review study, which of the following is not an area in which corporate contributions are most likely to enhance a company’s competitiveness? • Question 3 3 out of 3 points Which of the following non-profit, locally funded and controlled organizations offer housing rehabilitation and financial services to neighborhood residents? • Question 4 3 out of 3 points Which region received the most U.S. international charitable contributions in 2011? • Question 5 3 out of 3 points Which of the following sectors receives the largest percentage of corporate cash and in-kind contributions? • Question 6 3 out of 3 points As communications improve and people around the world are able to witness the horrors of natural disasters, terrorism, and war, international relief efforts by corporations are becoming: • Question 7 3 out of 3 points Foreign-owned corporations use foundations: • Question 8 3 out of 3 points What company gives all of its earnings to charity? • Question 9 3 out of 3 points The term civic engagement describes: • Question 10 3 out of 3 points Which company paid its employees to volunteer in their communities two days a week after a tsunami in Japan disrupted operations at its U.S. facilities? • Question 11 3 out of 3 points The share of all giving made up by in-kind contributions of products and services has been: • Question 12 3 out of 3 points Another term for corporate giving is corporate: • Question 13 3 out of 3 points Habitat for Humanity is considered a: • Question 14 3 out of 3 points Which company donates 5 percent of its branches or stores’ total sales revenue to a worthy local nonprofit organization three days a year? • Question 15 3 out of 3 points Which company provided one million free vouchers for its online technology skills courses and certification exams during 2009? • Question 16 3 out of 3 points A significant business disruption that stimulates extensive news media and social networking coverage is called a(n): • Question 17 3 out of 3 points Global businesses that have extended their public relations strategies globally should: • Question 18 3 out of 3 points In 1889, the first public relations department was created by: • Question 19 3 out of 3 points The Ad Council’s inaugural campaign slogan was: • Question 20 3 out of 3 points In 2011 Facebook and Time Warner joined forces to create this program against bullying • Question 21 3 out of 3 points A critical function of the public relations manager is: • Question 22 3 out of 3 points The right to free speech is protected under the U.S. Constitution’s: • Question 23 3 out of 3 points In a 1998 FTC report to Congress, how many websites did the government agency find collected personal consumer information? • Question 24 3 out of 3 points Scenario-based press releases, key discussion points, and procedures to activate the organization’s website are all part of which step in an effective crisis management plan? • Question 25 3 out of 3 points Crises are: • Question 26 3 out of 3 points The agency created in 1934 and charged with regulating interstate and international communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable is called: • Question 27 3 out of 3 points A 2011 Pew Research Center and Knight Foundation report confirmed that this medium remained the major source of weather, traffic and breaking news for consumers? • Question 28 3 out of 3 points The International Public Relations Association was founded in: • Question 29 3 out of 3 points Who warned, “Advertisements contain the only truth to be relied on in a newspaper?” • Question 30 3 out of 3 points According to comScore, a provider of digital intelligence, in December 2008 the total number of individuals, aged 15 and older, who accessed the Internet from their home or work computers was: PM EST • Question 1 2 out of 2 points Environmental justice is a movement to: • Question 2 2 out of 2 points A business and its stakeholders coming together for face-to-face conversations about issues of common concern is: • Question 3 2 out of 2 points Which of the following is (are) core rights of consumers? • Question 4 2 out of 2 points The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission was created in: • Question 5 2 out of 2 points Technological innovation has aided the spread of globalization by: • Question 6 2 out of 2 points Triple bottom line disclosure is primarily driven by: • Question 7 2 out of 2 points Which of the following is not a legal right of stockholders? • Question 8 2 out of 2 points In the first stage of corporate citizenship: • Question 9 2 out of 2 points Under the World Trade Organization's most-favored nation rule: • Question 10 2 out of 2 points The following are examples of stakeholders' economic power except: • Question 11 2 out of 2 points Positive reputation may be valued as an intangible corporate: • Question 12 2 out of 2 points Economic leverage occurs when a business uses it economic power to: • Question 13 2 out of 2 points The following are among business purposes for establishing community relations departments except: • Question 14 2 out of 2 points Firms that generally act only when forced to do so, and in a defensive manner are considered: • Question 15 2 out of 2 points The Child Online Protection Act, passed in 1998, • Question 16 2 out of 2 points Mature adults typically base their ethical reasoning on broad principles and relationships such as: • Question 17 2 out of 2 points Aristotle argued that: • Question 18 2 out of 2 points A stakeholder analysis: • Question 19 2 out of 2 points According to management scholar Karl Albrecht, scanning to acquire environmental intelligence should focus on: • Question 20 2 out of 2 points Legal environmental intelligence includes: • Question 21 2 out of 2 points Which of the following is (are) the core idea(s) of sustainable development: • Question 22 2 out of 2 points A common tactic in a financial-incentive political strategy is: • Question 23 2 out of 2 points What kind of power might a local community use to influence a company's decisions? • Question 24 2 out of 2 points Which of the following is not an example of a social regulatory agency? • Question 25 2 out of 2 points Which of the following statements is not true about the right to a safe and healthy workplace? 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