47. Which of the following is not a category of recipient to whom corporations often give money?
a. education
b. arts and culture
c. athletic teams
d. civic and community activities
48. Which of the following is a reason that businesses give to arts programs?
a. to improve quality of community life
b. to improve academic performance for students
c. to create a vibrant community
d. All of these.
49. National Safe Place is a youth program that does all of the following except
a. educating youth about the dangers of running away
b. providing safe havens for youth
c. establishing after school programs
d. helping youth to resolve difficult situations
50. An approach by which corporate giving is designed in a way that best fits with the firm’s overall mission and goals is
called
a. strategic philanthropy.
b. mission-driven giving.
c. goal-directed philanthropy.
d. directed giving.
51. One way in which philanthropy can be made strategic is to
a. consult with a tax professional to get the maximum deductions.
b. bring contribution programs into sharper alignment with business endeavors.
c. distribute contributions as widely as possible.
d. eliminate contributions to inefficient non-profit organizations.
52. The direct linking of a business’s product or service to a specified charity is
a. cause-related marketing.
b. a public purpose partnership.
c. cause branding.
d. a joint venture.
53. Cause branding is similar to cause-related marketing, but
a. is done with more dissimilar organizations.
b. is a more formalized arrangement.
c. is a longer term commitment.
d. is usually less successful.
54. Outsourcing refers to
a. small (usually fewer than ten employees) layoffs.
b. transferring employees to overseas postings.
c. layoffs at small companies.
d. the relocation of business processes to a different company.
55. Employees might consider their roles in plant closings
a. to be to fight for their jobs.
b. an extension of numerous employee rights issues.
c. an opportunity to find better employment.
d. a chance to form an employee-owned business.
56. After the decision to close a plant, management can take all the following actions except
a. provide advance notice to the employees or community.
b. close cold turkey.
c. help the community attract a replacement industry.
d. Provide transfer, relocation, and outplacement benefits.
57. Which of the following actions is not usually a viable alternative to closing a plant?
a. diversify revenue sources
b. sell the plant to a new owner
c. create an employee-owned firm
d. seek tax breaks that will help profits
58. Employee ownership of a business whose former owners were considering shutting it down
a. almost always results in bankruptcy.
b. assures worker/owners continued employment.
c. in most cases, results in employees having to take significant wage and benefit reductions to make the business
profitable.
d. forces workers to think like owners.
59. Acceptable reasons not to give employees sixty days’ notice of closing include which of the following?
a. action that may have postponed layoffs
b. unforeseen business circumstances
c. natural disasters
d. All of these.
60. After the decision to close a plant has been made, actions that management should take may include all of the
following except
a. provide advance notice to employees and the community.
b. phase out the business gradually.
c. announce the decision in the press before telling employees and community leaders.
d. help the community attract replacement industry.
61. The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN) requires firms employing 100 or more workers to
notify workers of a large layoff or shutdown at least ____ in advance.
a. six months
b. sixty days
c. one year
d. one month
62. Outplacement services seek to
a. minimize the severance costs to workers.
b. place displace workers in other jobs within the same company.
c. provide employee benefits to displaced workers for at least one year.
d. minimize cost and disruption to the company and maximize benefits to the displaced workers.
63. According to the CECP, motivations for giving include all the following except
a. charitable.
b. commercial.
c. community investment.
d. competitiveness.
64. According to Braithwaite, advice for communicating with employees who are being lad off include all the following
except
a. Be complete.
b. Be consistent.
c. Inform affected employees first.
d. Inform competitors.
Provide a short answer to each of these questions. Be sure to fully explain your answer.
65. One justification for corporate involvement in the community is that business has a moral responsibility to build a
relationship with the community and to be sensitive to its impact on the world around it. Discuss this justification using
the Seven Standards of Excellence in Corporate Community Involvement.
66. A key step in developing a community action program is knowing the company’s community. What is involved in this
step?
67. Discuss how Transparency International fulfills its mission to deter and disclose corporate corruption around the
world.
68. Calls for more transparency in corporate giving programs have again raised the question of the role of business in
society. Summarize the reasons for more transparency and the reasons against it.
69. What reasons to corporate executives use to justify corporate giving to the arts?
70. Delineate the arguments for and against the practice of cause-related marketing.
71. Review the pros and cons of outsourcing.
72. Assume that you are the general manager at a plant that will be closing in one year. It is a small plant, and so is not
subject to the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN). Should you give your employees advance
notice of the closing? Why or why not?
73. One of the recommended actions for a company that has made its decision to close a plant is to help attract a
replacement industry. How likely is this to occur?
74. Describe how a company can provide support to “survivors” of a layoff.
75. List and describe four main types of service programs according to the CECP. What do companies get out of these
kinds of service?
76. Describe the Dollars for Doers service program in depth. What are some examples of current programs?
Utilize the knowledge you have gained to respond to the following essay questions. Your answers should state your
position and use logical arguments and content from this and other chapters in the textbook to support it.
77. Pick a company that you are interested in (maybe you or your parent work there, or it is a company that you would
like to work for). Research its giving history. What did you find out? Is it clear how the program fits with the firm’s
business activities?
78. One of the major questions in corporate giving to higher education is whether the donations should be “with strings
attached” or not. Should corporate giving have specific expectations attached to it?
79. Evaluate the Minnesota HEALS project, funded by General Mills. Was this an appropriate use of corporate funds?
80. Research Aramark’s community involvement program at http://Aramark.com/. Describe the firm’s view of social
responsibility and community involvement. In what ways do they contribute? What has been the result of their efforts?
Have they been recognized?
