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QUESTION: 6

Diversity is a driver of ...'

Innovation
Chaos
Conflict
Regulation

Answer(s): A

Explanation:

Innovation - diversity is seen to be a good thing encouraging ideas, creativity, etc

QUESTION: 7

A means of ensuring the safe delivery of a product to the consumer in sound condition and at min- imum cost'.
What is this British Standards definition defining?

Third-party logistics
Rail transport
Self-service shopping
Packaging

Answer(s): D

Explanation:

Packaging.
Your syllabus includes 'packing and packaging' under L3M6 LO 3.2.

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QUESTION: 8

An Environmental Impact Assessment does not necessarily include cumulative effects or impacts.
True or false?

True
False

Answer(s): A

Explanation:

True.
EIAs can be direct, indirect or cumulative.

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XXX are side effects of an activity which affect other people. They can be either positive or nega-tive. Negative XXX include activities by organisations that cause environmental damage, for exam-ple, emission of harmful gases from vehicles, or dumping of chemical waste into the se

The cost of remedying, where remedies are undertaken, does not fall on the original polluter, but rest with socie-ty at large.
What word replaces XXX?
Externalities
Penalties
Superficialities
Internalisations

Answer(s): A

Explanation:

Externalities.
This appears to be an increasingly-important topic of news stories. For example, in the UK much has recently been made of allegations of water companies dumping untreated sewage into rivers. The reality of the extent to which this is happening is unclear to me. See if you can think of other examples in your own area.
(L3M6)

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QUESTION: 10

Issues of social responsibility can be challenging for organisations operating internationally. The Profex textbook for this subject discusses seven key underlying principles of social responsibility. One of these principles is `international norms of XXX' referring to situations where the law of a country does not provide for adequate environmental or social safeguards. `An organisation should as a minimum try to respect international norms of XXX.' What is the correct word to replace XXX?

Profitability
Decency
Behaviour
Procurement

Answer(s): C

Explanation:

'Behaviour' is the correct answer, although 'decency' would also make sense. The issue of how an organisation behaves within a host country can be vexed, with tensions between the organisational norms of behaviour and local / governmental norms. You may be able to think of your own exam- ples.

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