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SHRM-CP WORKPLACE Questions - Part 22
1. For an organization to be considered sustainable, what areas of practice are examined?
A) Environmental, social, ethics
B) People, profits, environment
C) Environmental, economic, social
D) Social, ethics, economics
2. What is the relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainability?
A) Sustainability focuses externally while CSR focuses internally.
B) CSR encompasses sustainability.
C) Sustainability has completely replaced CSR.
D) CSR focuses on social concerns; sustainability focuses on environmental concerns.
3. Which change might a corporation make in the way it does business to create a sustainability sweet spot?
A) Redesigning products so that components are made locally from recycled materials, thereby reducing production costs
B) Altering its production facilities to use renewable energy sources (wind, solar) despite the increase in costs
C) Reducing how much of its processes are automated in order to employ more local workers
D) Switching supply chain vendors to those whose more socially responsible practices slow down the delivery cycle
4. When an organization has a strong corporate social responsibility (CSR) orientation, which is it likely to see as a primary outcome?
A) Greater employee productivity and performance
B) Retention of existing customers and referral of new customers
C) Increased profitability for its shareholders
D) Proactive and ongoing interaction with all stakeholders
5. How do the three spheres of sustainability support an effective corporate social responsibility (CSR) program?
A) By allowing an organization to better focus on the community in which it operates
B) By limiting the measures of success to financial, earth, air, and water
C) By incorporating a blend of local, regional, and global perspectives
D) By offering an all-encompassing view of how an organization should function
A) Environmental, social, ethics
B) People, profits, environment
C) Environmental, economic, social
D) Social, ethics, economics
2. What is the relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainability?
A) Sustainability focuses externally while CSR focuses internally.
B) CSR encompasses sustainability.
C) Sustainability has completely replaced CSR.
D) CSR focuses on social concerns; sustainability focuses on environmental concerns.
3. Which change might a corporation make in the way it does business to create a sustainability sweet spot?
A) Redesigning products so that components are made locally from recycled materials, thereby reducing production costs
B) Altering its production facilities to use renewable energy sources (wind, solar) despite the increase in costs
C) Reducing how much of its processes are automated in order to employ more local workers
D) Switching supply chain vendors to those whose more socially responsible practices slow down the delivery cycle
4. When an organization has a strong corporate social responsibility (CSR) orientation, which is it likely to see as a primary outcome?
A) Greater employee productivity and performance
B) Retention of existing customers and referral of new customers
C) Increased profitability for its shareholders
D) Proactive and ongoing interaction with all stakeholders
5. How do the three spheres of sustainability support an effective corporate social responsibility (CSR) program?
A) By allowing an organization to better focus on the community in which it operates
B) By limiting the measures of success to financial, earth, air, and water
C) By incorporating a blend of local, regional, and global perspectives
D) By offering an all-encompassing view of how an organization should function
1. Right Answer: C
Explanation: Environmental, economic, and social are the three spheres of sustainability.
2. Right Answer: B
Explanation: The definition of CSR has broadened from the traditional areas of ethics, governance, corporate philanthropy, and volunteerism to include sustainability.
3. Right Answer: A
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.
4. Right Answer: D
Explanation: A CSR-oriented organization's primary responsibility should be to its stakeholders rather than to its shareholders.
5. Right Answer: D
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.
Explanation: Environmental, economic, and social are the three spheres of sustainability.
2. Right Answer: B
Explanation: The definition of CSR has broadened from the traditional areas of ethics, governance, corporate philanthropy, and volunteerism to include sustainability.
3. Right Answer: A
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.
4. Right Answer: D
Explanation: A CSR-oriented organization's primary responsibility should be to its stakeholders rather than to its shareholders.
5. Right Answer: D
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.
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