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CIPS Exam L5M2 Topic 1 Question 17 Discussion

Actual exam question for CIPS's L5M2 exam
Question #: 17
Topic #: 1
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Company X is a large manufacturer of cosmetics and household products. It operates in 57 different countries and has large and complex supply chains. The brand's popularity is partly due to the cheap price of the products compared with its competitors and Company X has recently discovered that child labour has been used within its supply chain. In response to this Company X has donated a large amount of money to charity. What is this an example of?

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This is calculated from normal distribution. In normal distribution most of the values are concentrated around the middle of the data set- standard deviation identifies how far a data point is from this average. See p.128 for more information


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Willow
3 days ago
I'd go with triple bottom line thinking. They're considering the social and ethical impacts of their business, not just the financial bottom line.
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Cordie
6 days ago
But some may argue that it's just a form of greenwashing to improve their image.
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Gilbert
8 days ago
Hmm, I'm not so sure. This seems more like greenwashing to me - a PR stunt to cover up their use of child labor.
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Yuette
10 days ago
This is clearly an example of corporate social responsibility. Company X is acknowledging its ethical failure and trying to make amends through a charitable donation.
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Santos
16 days ago
I agree with Rodrigo, Company X is trying to make up for using child labor by donating to charity.
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Rodrigo
17 days ago
I think this is an example of corporate social responsibility.
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