ch 3 Flashcards
Sustainable development is best defined as which of the following?
a. The potential for the long-term well-being of the environment, including all biological entities, as well as mutually beneficial interactions among nature and individuals, organizations, and business strategies.
b. Socially responsible activities such as sustainable business practices that create competitive advantages.
c. When an organization uses its products and brand identity to create social value, quality, and consumer loyalty.
d. A strategy involving stakeholder assessment to create meaningful long-term relationships with customers, while maintaining, supporting, and enhancing the natural environment
e. Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs, with an emphasis on the natural environment.
e. Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs, with
an emphasis on the natural environment.
One of the biggest factors in land pollution is the dumping of waste into landfills. By far the world’s biggest wasters are consumers in _______.
the United States
The world’s forests, which cover more than 30 percent of the planet, are being destroyed, with forests shrinking by 502,000 square miles over the past 25 years. Wide-spread deforestation is caused predominantly by which of the following?
a. The corn industry
b. Beef, soy, palm oil, and wood products
c. Human-lit fires
d. A lack of rain
e. Wildfires
b. Beef, soy, palm oil, and wood products
Many businesses can benefit from urban renewal movements that reduce sprawl, but it can create disadvantages for
_______.
a. car and oil companies
b. the airline industry
c. the railroad industry
d. service -oriented companies
e. humans and animals
car and oil companies
Farmers cannot keep harvested seed from genetically modified crops, but must purchase them each year from
companies such as Bayer, due to the fact that such seeds are _______
patented
The first Earth Day increased stakeholder awareness of environmental concerns and the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency, bringing which of the following to the forefront?
Sustainability
The Environmental Protection Agency’s primary mission is to
protect human health and the environment
Which of the following statements accurately describes the Clean Air Act?
a. It allowed the EPA to track industrial chemicals.
b. It focused on promoting alternative forms of energy.
c. It established national air quality standards.
d. It provided tax benefits to consumers who purchase hybrid cars.
e. It focused on reducing pollution through cost-effective change.
c. It established national air quality standards.
The Clean Water Act makes it illegal for anyone to discharge any pollutant from a point source directly into navigable
waters without a(n)
permit
acts focuses on reducing pollution through cost-effective changes in production, operation, and raw materials use?
Pollution Prevention Act
Which of the following is considered a misleading practice related to sustainability?
a. Designing environmentally friendly buildings
b. Recycling
c. Greenwashing
d. Source reduction
e. Sustainable agriculture
c. Greenwashing
To empower the EPA with the ability to track the 75,000 industrial chemicals currently produced or imported into the United States, Congress passed the
Toxic Substances Control Act
Wind power holds great promise for the United States because it is home to one of the greatest sources of wind
energy in the world, found in the
Great Plains
A more dependable energy source than some other forms of alternative energy, geothermal energy provides
a constant source of heat
considered the largest form of renewable energy
Hydropower
the most controversial form of alternative energy after nuclear power
Ethanol
the name for a certification program that recognizes sustainable building practices and
strategies
LEED
To report air, land, and water sustainability issues, most businesses use
environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors
Which type of business describes one that attempts to avoid dealing with environmental issues and hopes nothing bad happens or no one ever finds out about an environmental accident or abuse?
A low-commitment business
One of the country’s greatest sustainability success stories is
recycling
Stakeholder assessment is an important part of which type of approach to environmental issues?
High-commitment
It is possible to quantify the trade-offs to determine whether to accept or reject environmentally related activities and programs through
risk management
comprehensive set of environmental standards developed by the International Organization for Standardization to encourage a cleaner, safer, healthier world?
ISO 14000
includes the assessment and improvement of business strategies, economic sectors, work practices, technologies, and lifestyles in the maintaining of the natural environment
Sustainability
Sustainability is defined as the long-term well-being of the natural environment and the mutually beneficial interactions among
investors, creditors, suppliers, and the marketing department
Which of the following does a cap-and-trade program reduce?
a. Carbon emissions
b. Waste
c. Water pollution
d. Deforestation
e. Fracking
a. Carbon emissions
Which of the following statements about genetically modified seeds is true?
a. They are able to cross-pollinate with other plants.
b. They make food more perishable.
c. They often result in greater crop yields.
d. They have a negative impact on impoverished areas.
e. They do not offer crop resistance to pests such as bugs.
c. They often result in greater crop yields.
Major issues that emerged in the twentieth century include the protection of air, water, land, biodiversity, and
renewable natural resources
Which of the following can cause markedly shorter life spans, along with chronic respiratory problems,
in humans and animals?
a. Water pollution
b. Air pollution
c. Climate change
d. Deforestation
e. Acid rain
b. Air pollution
Created in 1997, the Kyoto Protocol was an international treaty meant to curb global
greenhouse gas emissions
Which issue did Rachel Carson’s book Silent Spring address that sparked the environmental movement?
Indiscriminate use of pesticides
The biggest contributor of illnesses in developing countries is likely
Water pollution
Because ethanol is created from corn in the United States, there are concerns that the increased use of ethanol
will decrease food supplies.
a. True
b. False
True
Greenwashing is a strategy involving stakeholder assessment to create meaningful long-term relationships
with customers, while maintaining, supporting, and enhancing the natural environment.
a. True
b. False
False
Green Globes and LEED are certification groups that authorize buildings as “green.”
a. True
b. False
True
Acid rain, waste management, urban sprawl, and deforestation are all environmental issues related to land.
a. True
b. False
False
Recycling is the reprocessing of materials—especially steel, aluminum, paper, glass, rubber, and some
plastics—for reuse
True
Which of the following is an example of sustainability?
a. Recycling
b. Donating money
c. Building schools
d. Helping children learn
e. Building roads
a. Recycling
A strategy involving stakeholder assessment to create meaningful long-term relationships with customers while
maintaining, supporting, and enhancing the natural environment is known as
green marketing
The long-term variation in average weather patterns is referred to as
climate change
