Strayer Bus475 Week 1 Quiz (Latest)

01 Aug Strayer Bus475 Week 1 Quiz (Latest)

0 out of 3 points

Interactions between business and society occur:

Answer

A. Within a finite natural ecosystem.

B. Only during an environmental crisis.

C. When business employees and the community are of similar cultural backgrounds.

D. When legislation is passed requiring interaction.

Question 2

3 out of 3 points

The instrumental argument says stakeholder management is:

Answer

A. A more realistic description of how companies really work.

B. More effective as a corporate strategy.

C. Simply the right thing to do.

D. Determined by the amount of stock owned in the firm.

Question 3

3 out of 3 points

The five types of stakeholders’ power recognized by most experts are:

Answer

A. Voting, economic, political, legal, and informational power.

B. Social, legal, environmental, economic, and political power.

C. Social, regulatory, voting, governance, and media power.

D. Economic, media, legal, stockholder, and political power.

Question 4

3 out of 3 points

A number of European countries require public companies to include employee members on their boards of directors, so:

Answer

A. The employees are available to answer questions.

B. Management does not have to attend the meetings.

C. That their interests will be explicitly represented.

D. They have more power than any other stakeholder.

Question 5

3 out of 3 points

Which of the following is not considered to be a nonmarket stakeholder?

Answer

A. Government agencies.

B. Creditors.

C. Activist groups.

D. Non-governmental organizations.

Question 6

3 out of 3 points

With the explosive growth of technologies that facilitate the sharing of information, this kind of stakeholder power has become increasingly important:

Answer

A.  Economic power.

B.  Political power.

C.  Informational power.

D.  Legal power.

Question 7

3 out of 3 points

A firm subscribing to the ownership theory of the firm would mainly be concerned with providing value for its:

Answer

A. Shareholders.

B. Customers.

C. Board of Directors.

D. Community.

Question 8

3 out of 3 points

The phenomenon of a person or group holding multiple stakeholder duties is referred to as:

Answer

A. Role sets.

B. Primary Stakeholder(s).

C. Ownership Theory.

D. None of the above.

Question 9

3 out of 3 points

Correct

Which argument says that stakeholder management realistically depicts how companies really work?

Answer

A. Descriptive argument.

B. Instrumental argument.

C. Normative argument.

D. Fiduciary argument.

Question 10

3 out of 3 points

Customers can exercise economic stakeholder power by:

Answer

A. Voting on a proposed merger for the company and a competitor.

B. Boycotting products if they believe the goods are too expensive.

C. Attending the company’s annual meeting.
D. Applying for a job with the company.

Question 11

3 out of 3 points

A stakeholder analysis:

Answer

A. Creates equality among all stakeholder interests.

B. Allows managers to examine two primary questions.

C. Involves understanding the nature of stakeholder interests.

D. All of the above.

Question 12

3 out of 3 points

Answer

Departments, or offices, within an organization that reach across the dividing line that separates the company from groups and people in society are:

A. Inter-departmental divisions.

B. Geographical location areas.

C. Boundary-spanning departments.

D. Organizational maps.

Question 13

3 out of 3 points

All of the following are external stakeholders of the firm except:

Answer

A.  Managers.

B.  Customers.

C.  Stockholders.

D.  Suppliers.

Question 14

3 out of 3 points

When a community group sues a company for health effects caused by the unsafe disposal of toxic chemicals, this is an exercise of a stakeholder’s:

Answer

A. Legal power.

B. Voting power.

C. Economic power.

D. Political power.

Question 15

3 out of 3 points

When something stands out from a background, is seen as important, or draws attention it is:

Answer

A. Urgent.

B. Salient.

C. Powerful.

D. Legitimate.