Policy relating to sustainability usually focuses on environmental issues.
Selected Answer: True
Answers: True
False
Response Feedback: 352-1
Question 2
1 out of 1 points
International standards regarding sustainability are put in place to provide a
maximum level of government control.
Selected Answer: False
Answers: True
False
Response 352-1
Feedback:
Minimum level: there is still much freedom for companies.
Question 3
1 out of 1 points
Implementation of standards for quality can be at odds with an organization's
economic sustainability.
Selected Answer: True
Answers: True
False
Response 354-3
Feedback:
Implementation of standards is very costly, and it has not been
proven that it pays off economically to implement these
standards.
Question 4
1 out of 1 points
ISO14000 is one well-known environmental management system focusing on
management, measurement and improvement of environmental aspects.
ISO14001 is specifically developed for manufacturing organizations.
Selected Answer: False
Answers: True
False
Response 355-3
Feedback:
Can be adopted by any type of organization in any
industrial sector.
Question 6
1 out of 1 points
EMAS enables companies to keep information on their environmental performance
confidential.
This should be a public statement.
Question 7
1 out of 1 points
Social sustainability is operationalized in standards on human rights, fair operating
practices and the environmental protection.
Selected Answer: True
Answers: True
False
Response Feedback: Table 12.3
Question 8
1 out of 1 points
Standards on social sustainability have a less formal status compared to standards on
environmental sustainability in the sense that a firm cannot be certified for being
socially sustainable.
Selected Answer: True
Answers: True
False
Response Feedback: 358-1
Question 9
1 out of 1 points
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