Free CIPS L3M5 Exam Dumps October 2026

ISO 26000 is the international standard for social responsibility.

Stock picking. (The largest supermarket chain in South Africa is called 'Pick n Pay')

Shrinkage means 'theft'; stock rotation means ensuring that stock is used in appropriate (date) order; manual handling is moving items without mechanical or technological aids.

(L3M6)

It is unlikely that health and safety legislation will itself create meaningful environmental costs. Probably the opposite.

However, the siting / location of the warehouse itself can be significant: is it near customers / suppli-er thus reducing distances travelled? Do employees need to use vehicles to get to work, or is public transport readily available?

Modern warehouses should be designed in a relatively environmentally-friendly way. For example, well-insulated, using modern materials technology.

And then the materials-handling equipment: again, latest technology can help. A battery-powered forklift creates fewer emissions (potentially including a 'green' power source) than a smoky noisy spluttering old diesel forklift.

(L3M6)

RFQ, which of course, stands for 'Request For Quotation'.

The others are:

Radio Frequency Identification

Warehouse Management System

Automatic Guided Vehicle(s)

all of which are in use in modern warehouse or distribution facilities.

(L3M6)

Ethical Trading Initiative - an alliance of companies, NGOs and trade unions to promote respect for worker's rights worldwide. CIPS has published guidance in an 'ethical business practices..' paper to assist with organisations selecting and using ethical suppliers. The paper is downloadable from the CIPS website's Knowledge Summary series.

'Hydro' means 'water'.

As a child in Scotland, I remember visiting a hydro-electric power station, where a dam had been built across a river, with the dammed water used to generate electric power.

As a slightly older child, I used to routinely watch a BBC2 test television broadcast which was all about the building of the Kariba dam for a similar purpose, with huge environmental and social con-sequences. Many other such dams have been build since, including, for example, the Aswan dam. Often such projects attract criticism because of the effects on the environment as well as on people.

Packaging.

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

The most appropriate answer is:

A socially responsible buying approach would require not only minimum wage, but in some circum-stances greater than minimum wage as this may not be sufficient to support an employee to live de-cently.

This question is inspired by a recent visit to a country where there is a statutory minimum wage, but it is so low that most people would be unable to provide shelter and food based on that income. The wage to which I refer is less than $1 per hour.