CIPS Exam L5M2 Topic 1 Question 17 Discussion

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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?

Acorporate social responsibility

Bgreenwashing

Ctriple bottom line thinking

Dbusiness continuity planning

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Suggested Answer: A

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

by Fausto at Jul 26, 2023, 11:43 PM

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Catrice

28 days ago

I bet the charity they donated to is a front for their own company. Gotta love that corporate creative accounting!

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Kristal

14 days ago

A) corporate social responsibility

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Tawny

1 months ago

Business continuity planning? Really? This has nothing to do with that. What a strange choice!

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Willow

2 months 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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Jacklyn

25 days ago

Yes, they are looking at the environmental and social aspects as well as the financial.

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Delsie

1 months ago

C) triple bottom line thinking

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Sherrell

1 months ago

I agree, it shows that they are taking into account the impact of their actions on society.

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Yen

1 months ago

A) corporate social responsibility

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Cordie

2 months ago

But some may argue that it's just a form of greenwashing to improve their image.

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Gilbert

2 months 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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Eulah

17 days ago

D) business continuity planning

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Isabella

29 days ago

C) triple bottom line thinking

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Michell

1 months ago

B) greenwashing

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Makeda

1 months ago

A) corporate social responsibility

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Yuette

2 months 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

2 months 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

3 months ago

I think this is an example of corporate social responsibility.

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