When Your Manager Explains the Company Motivation for Beginning CSR

question 17

Multiple Choice

When your manager explains the company motivation for beginning CSR initiatives, she includes aspects from the business case approach and from the ethical mandate approach in her rationale. Is this possible?

• A) No; the organization can't do both at the same time
• B) No; one has to be the deciding factor
• C) Yes; ultimately companies develop their rationale based on their values and their future in mind so they can incorporate aspects from both strategies into their reason for adopting these initiatives
• D) Yes; the aspect of the two approaches are similar and neither approach may have driven their decision to engage in CSR. It just worked out that way

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