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1) A business is any organization that is engaged in making a product or providing a service for
a profit.
⊚ true
⊚ false
2) The term stakeholder refers exclusively to the founders of a business organization.
⊚ true
⊚ false
3) Businesses and society are independent of each other.
⊚ true
⊚ false
4) The stakeholder theory of the firm argues that a firm’s sole purpose is to create long-term
value for its shareholders.
⊚ true
⊚ false
5) The instrumental argument for the stakeholder theory of the firm says that companies
perform better if they consider the rights and concerns of multiple groups in society.
⊚ true
⊚ false
6) The normative argument for the stakeholder theory of the firm says that the stakeholder view
is simply a more realistic description of how companies really work.
⊚ true
⊚ false
7) Nonmarket stakeholders are those that engage in economic transactions with the company as
it carries out its primary purpose of providing society with goods and services.
⊚ true
⊚ false
8) Market stakeholders include nongovernmental organizations and business support groups.
⊚ true
⊚ false
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,Test Bank for Business and Society: Stakeholders, Ethics, Public Policy - 17 - Lawrence -
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9) Government can be considered both a market and a nonmarket stakeholder.
⊚ true
⊚ false
10) The interests of different stakeholders often coincide.
⊚ true
⊚ false
11) The first step of stakeholder analysis is to identify relevant stakeholders.
⊚ true
⊚ false
12) Some scholars have suggested that managers pay the most attention to stakeholders
possessing the least salience.
⊚ true
⊚ false
13) The organization of a corporation’s boundary-spanning functions is complex.
⊚ true
⊚ false
14) Businesses are increasingly trying to meet their commitments to multiple stakeholders.
⊚ true
⊚ false
15) The external environment of business is static.
⊚ true
⊚ false
16) The relationship between business and society is most accurately described by which
statement?
A) Business is an unbounded entity within the larger bounded entity of society.
B) Society is a distinct bounded entity within the larger bounded entity of business.
C) Business is a distinct bounded entity separate from the bounded entity of society.
D) Business is a distinct bounded entity within the larger bounded entity of society.
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, Test Bank for Business and Society: Stakeholders, Ethics, Public Policy - 17 - Lawrence -
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17) According to general systems theory, boundary exchanges are exemplified by which of the
following?
A) An industrial company installs new equipment in its plant to comply with
environmental regulations.
B) A software company develops an application for a client.
C) A purchasing department employee negotiates a price on parts with a supplier.
D) All of these choices are correct.
18) The inseparable relationship between business and society results in which of the following?
A) All business decisions have a social impact.
B) The vitality of business depends on society's actions and attitudes.
C) The survival of business is independent of society.
D) Both “All business decisions have a social impact” and “The vitality of business
depends on society’s actions and attitudes” are correct.
19) Which of the following statements is not true about the interactive social system?
A) Business and society need, as well as influence, each other.
B) The boundary between business and society is clear and distinct.
C) Business is a part of society, and society penetrates far and often into business.
D) Business and society are both separate and connected.
20) A firm subscribing to the shareholder theory of the firm would mainly be concerned with
providing long-term value for its
A) investors.
B) customers.
C) board of Directors.
D) community.
21) Corporations that follow the stakeholder theory of the firm create value by
A) constantly innovating new products.
B) increasing their stock price.
C) developing their employees’ skills.
D) All of these choices are correct.
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