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Ethnicity MGT Chapter 15
Which of the following nations has signed but not yet ratified the Protocol? France the United States Kenya
Japan
Green-collar jobs generally pay less than blue-collar jobs.
False
World-wide demand for oil is ________ over time. increasingdecreasingdecreasing in developing countries stableEconomic sustainability focuses on the improvement of daily life for the greatest number of people possible.
False
Which of the following countries did NOT participate in developing the Copenhagen Accord?
Russia
Brazil
India
China
The process of meeting current needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet theirs is social responsibility.
False
The accommodative approach to CSR sets the highest possible standard for being socially responsible.
False
Fortunately, the subprime loan crisis in the United States had no impact on other parts of the global economy.
False
Social sustainability includes promoting fair income distribution.
True
False
Ensuring the continuance of our physical resources such as water and land is a part of environmental sustainability.
True
False
Johnson & Johnson's corporate Credo is primarily focused on people in the medical profession.
False
Two reasons why development cooperation initiatives aren't reaching their goals are: governments of developing nations have a hard time changing the status quo, and many of the world's developed economies have not adopted many principles and policies that lead to economic, social, or environmental sustainability.
True
False
The greenhouse effect refers to a fairly recent increase in the temperature of Earth's lower atmosphere (the air we breathe) and the land and water that make up Earth's surface. xFalseAccording to the, America's dependence on fossil fuels is NOT considered a(n) ________ issue. economic securityethicalenvironmentalThe idea of sustainability originated on Earth Day in the 1970s.
False
Considering the scope of

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