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SHRM-CP WORKPLACE Questions - Part 21
1. Sustainability When an organization has a strong corporate social responsibility (CSR) orientation, which is it likely to see as a primary outcome?
A) Increased profitability for its shareholders
B) Retention of existing customers and referral of new customers
C) Proactive and ongoing interaction with all stakeholders
D) Greater employee productivity and performance
2. How do the three spheres of sustainability support an effective corporate social responsibility (CSR) program?
A) By offering an all-encompassing view of how an organization should function
B) By incorporating a blend of local, regional, and global perspectives
C) By limiting the measures of success to financial, earth, air, and water
D) By allowing an organization to better focus on the community in which it operates
3. Which best illustrates the principle of sustainability in the workplace?
A) Changes to a headquarters location are weighed against the effects on stakeholders.
B) Global HR policies are reviewed to make sure they comply with local laws and regulations.
C) Competitive business practices are aligned with local norms in each operating region.
D) The organization implements a flat structure, with few layers of decision-making authority.
4. How are local cluster developments used in corporate social responsibility?
A) To create a sustainability sweet spot
B) To broaden the range of stakeholders
C) To move up the sustainability maturity curve
D) To create shared value
5. Which change might a corporation make in the way it does business to create a sustainability sweet spot?
A) Reducing how much of its processes are automated in order to employ more local workers
B) Redesigning products so that components are made locally from recycled materials, thereby reducing production costs
C) Altering its production facilities to use renewable energy sources (wind, solar) despite the increase in costs
D) Switching supply chain vendors to those whose more socially responsible practices slow down the delivery cycle
A) Increased profitability for its shareholders
B) Retention of existing customers and referral of new customers
C) Proactive and ongoing interaction with all stakeholders
D) Greater employee productivity and performance
2. How do the three spheres of sustainability support an effective corporate social responsibility (CSR) program?
A) By offering an all-encompassing view of how an organization should function
B) By incorporating a blend of local, regional, and global perspectives
C) By limiting the measures of success to financial, earth, air, and water
D) By allowing an organization to better focus on the community in which it operates
3. Which best illustrates the principle of sustainability in the workplace?
A) Changes to a headquarters location are weighed against the effects on stakeholders.
B) Global HR policies are reviewed to make sure they comply with local laws and regulations.
C) Competitive business practices are aligned with local norms in each operating region.
D) The organization implements a flat structure, with few layers of decision-making authority.
4. How are local cluster developments used in corporate social responsibility?
A) To create a sustainability sweet spot
B) To broaden the range of stakeholders
C) To move up the sustainability maturity curve
D) To create shared value
5. Which change might a corporation make in the way it does business to create a sustainability sweet spot?
A) Reducing how much of its processes are automated in order to employ more local workers
B) Redesigning products so that components are made locally from recycled materials, thereby reducing production costs
C) Altering its production facilities to use renewable energy sources (wind, solar) despite the increase in costs
D) Switching supply chain vendors to those whose more socially responsible practices slow down the delivery cycle
1. Right Answer: C
Explanation: A CSR-oriented organization's primary responsibility should be to its stakeholders rather than to its shareholders
2. Right Answer: A
Explanation: The term 'sustainability' originally referred to an ecological or environmental goal. Now that focus has expanded to also consider an organization's social and economic impact (sometimes referred to as the 3Ps: people, planet, profits). Based on stakeholder demands, the three spheres attempt to provide a balanced focus to the organization's goals, objectives, and outcomes.
3. Right Answer: A
Explanation: Sustainable workplace policies focus on long-term effects and the integrated needs of people, the environment, and economic needs. Including a careful assessment of a change that would affect a large number of employees and the surrounding communities is sustainable.
4. Right Answer: D
Explanation: Porter and Kramer argue that the success of most organizations is dependent on a cluster of other organizations (related businesses, suppliers, schools) and infrastructure (roads, communication networks, water and energy supply). Shared value results when organizations build and enhance the local cluster and improve the conditions of those operating in it, benefiting the organization and its community.
5. Right Answer: B
Explanation: Sustainability sweet spots create a win-win situation in which the changed products, procedures, or processes have a positive impact on society and/or the environment but also on the organization's bottom line. A change that does social or environmental good but costs the organization may be admirable but is not a sweet spot initiative.
Explanation: A CSR-oriented organization's primary responsibility should be to its stakeholders rather than to its shareholders
2. Right Answer: A
Explanation: The term 'sustainability' originally referred to an ecological or environmental goal. Now that focus has expanded to also consider an organization's social and economic impact (sometimes referred to as the 3Ps: people, planet, profits). Based on stakeholder demands, the three spheres attempt to provide a balanced focus to the organization's goals, objectives, and outcomes.
3. Right Answer: A
Explanation: Sustainable workplace policies focus on long-term effects and the integrated needs of people, the environment, and economic needs. Including a careful assessment of a change that would affect a large number of employees and the surrounding communities is sustainable.
4. Right Answer: D
Explanation: Porter and Kramer argue that the success of most organizations is dependent on a cluster of other organizations (related businesses, suppliers, schools) and infrastructure (roads, communication networks, water and energy supply). Shared value results when organizations build and enhance the local cluster and improve the conditions of those operating in it, benefiting the organization and its community.
5. Right Answer: B
Explanation: Sustainability sweet spots create a win-win situation in which the changed products, procedures, or processes have a positive impact on society and/or the environment but also on the organization's bottom line. A change that does social or environmental good but costs the organization may be admirable but is not a sweet spot initiative.
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