L14 Textbook Quiz (Canvas)

A company’s citizenship role within the communities it operates or serves customers is referred to as: 

 a. Corporate responsibility

b. Social sustainability

 c. Corporate citizen

 d. Social norms

b. Social sustainability

Social sustainability and its focus on the elimination of forced labor in a supply chain is particularly challenging when: 

 a. Supply chains extend around the world

 b. Supply chains create time and place value for customers

 c. Supply chains have many tiers of supply

 d. Product margins are low

e. Both global extension and many tiers of supply

e. Both global extension and many tiers of supply

A Sustainable Framework must address each of the following areas except: 

 a. Upstream suppliers

 b. Downstream customers

 c. Product development

 d. Internal operations

e. All of these answer choices are correct.

e. All of these answer choices are correct.

Supply chains that are concerned with collecting used items for subsequent life cycles are called: 

 a. Endless supply chains

 b. Out-and-back supply chains

c. Closed-loop supply chains

d. Circular economy

c. Closed-loop supply chains

The “triple bottom line” includes all of the following aspects except: 

a. Government

b. Economic

c. Envrionmental

d. Social

a. Government

The measurement of a company’s direct carbon emissions is: 

a. Scope 1 emissions

 b. Scope 4 emissions

 c. Scope 3 emissions

 d. Scope 2 emissions

a. Scope 1 emissions

Which example demonstrates a company pursuing triple-bottom-line outcomes? 

 a. A manufacturer reduces the carbon footprint of its production plants

 b. Hazardous products are removed from retail shelves once complaints surface

 c. Trucks are purchased because they have better fuel economy

d. Products are designed for closed-loop provisions and employs underprivileged adults

d. Products are designed for closed-loop provisions and employs underprivileged adults

The three environmental sustainability imperatives that all supply chain managers need to understand when designing their network include the following except for: 

 a. Fuel prices

 b. Carbon footprint

 c. Natural resource scarcity

 d. The circular economy

a. Fuel prices

A sustainable framework demands that which four supply chain areas are interconnected? 

a. Upstream suppliers, product development, downstream customers, internal operations

b. Reverse logistics, internal operations, package recovery, product development

c. Design, transportation, upstream suppliers, product reacquisition team

d. Upstream suppliers, product development, recycling contractors, downstream customers

e. Product development, downstream customers, recycling contractors, internal operations

a. Upstream suppliers, product development, downstream customers, internal operations

“Circular economy” thinking is characterized by the following emphasis: 

 a. Designing products that last forever

b. Restorative and regenerative use of materials and products

 c. Failure to agree on how materials should be used

 d. Regulations that require that product be returned upon use

b. Restorative and regenerative use of materials and products