Which of the Following Is Indicative of a Firm in the Pollution

question 10

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is indicative of a firm in the pollution prevention stage of the corporate environmental responsibility model?

• A) Realizing that it would be less efficient and more expensive to prevent pollution before it is created.
• B) Focusing on all environmental impacts of the product life-cycle.
• C) Minimizing or eliminating waste before it is created.
• D) Incurring losses due to environmental costs.

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Definitions:

Vertical Integration

An approach where a business grows by integrating various stages of its supply chain, including instances where a producer owns both its supplier and distributor.

Economies of Scale

Cost advantages that enterprises obtain due to scale of operation, with cost per unit of output generally decreasing with increasing scale.

Operating Efficiencies

A measure of how well a company utilizes its resources to produce goods and services, often reflecting in the reduction of costs and improvement in output.

Poison Pill

A strategy employed by companies to prevent or discourage hostile takeovers by making the company less attractive to the would-be acquirer.