Global operations

Question 1

What U.S. company is the best example of using globalization to reduce the price of its

products?

Question 2

A firm that has global operations has:

Question 3

A firm that would like to develop a global supply chain would:

Selected

Question 4

Single-party rule by communist parties still remains in:

Question 5

The primary purpose of the International Monetary Fund is to:

Question 6

The term “race to the bottom” refers to:

Question 7

The purpose of the World Trade Organization is to:

Question 8

A society where economic power is concentrated in the hands of government officials and

political authorities is called:

Question 9

Global market channels involve a firm producing goods in:

Question 10

The three strategies of globalization can be summarized using what three words?

Question 11

Representation on the World Bank’s board of directors is based on:

Question 12

The loan policies of the World Bank:

Selected

Question 13 An example of a Global Action Network, or GAN, is:

Selected Answer: The Kimberley Process.

Correct Answer: The Kimberley Process.

Question 14

Technological innovation has aided the spread of globalization by:

Selected

Question 15

A critic of globalization might argue that companies decide to manufacture in China mainly

because of China’s:

Question 16

Which of the following is not a motivation for publishing a corporate social report?

Question 17

According to a survey conducted by The Economist in 2008, how many respondents say

corporate citizenship can help increase their companies’ profits?

Question 18

BSR (formerly Business for Social Responsibility) helps its 300 member companies:

Question 19

When a company decides to publicize information collected in a social audit, this is called:

Question 20

Which of the following organizations have developed standards to judge corporate

performance?

Question 21

The Ronald McDonald House charity, operated by McDonald’s has been criticized for:

Selected

Question 22

Financial, social and environmental results are reported together in a firm’s:

Question 23

A systematic evaluation of an organization’s social, ethical, and environmental performance is

called a(n):

Question 24

Some companies have created a department of corporate citizenship to:

Selected

Question 25

The emerging trend in gathering audit information directly from workers using their mobile

phones is called:

Question 26

According to the scholar Simon Zadek six benefits of social audits include all of the following

except.

Question 27

Global corporate citizenship is more than espoused values, it requires:

Question 28

When a company puts its commitment to social and environmental responsibility into practice

worldwide, not only locally or regionally it is called:

Question 29

This Switzerland-based pharmaceutical firm was an early adopter of the Global Compact and

used it to update its code of conduct.

Question 30

Managers responding to the needs of the local education system as a normal or routine

aspect of its operations is an example of an organization in the: