When a Community Gives Wal-Mart Subsidies to Attract Them to the Area

question 9

Multiple Choice

When a community gives Wal-Mart subsidies to attract them to the area and then the workers are paid so poorly that they have to apply for public assistance, this is an example of the failure of which of the pillars of corporate social responsibility?

• A)community and "good neighbor" policies
• B)human rights and employment standards in the workplace
• C)environmental, health, and safety concerns
• D)marketing and consumer issues

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