Chapter 1
Chapter 01
The Corporation and Its Stakeholders
True / False Questions 1. General Motors has been called a "template for 21st century capitalism."
True False 2. A business is any organization that is engaged in making a product or providing a service for a profit.
True False 3. Businesses and society are independent of one another.
True False 4. The stakeholder theory of the firm argues that a firm's sole purpose is to create 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 the media.
True False 9. Each stakeholder group has only one source of power in relation to a firm.
True False 10. The interests of different stakeholders often coincide.
True False 11. Stakeholders involved with one part of a company often may have little or no involvement with another part of the company.
True False 12. Some scholars have suggested that managers pay the most attention to stakeholders possessing the least salience.
True False 13. Urgency refers to the extent to which a stakeholder's actions are seen as proper or appropriate by the broader society.
True False 14. A stakeholder map is a useful tool, because it enables managers to see quickly how stakeholders feel about an issue and whether salient stakeholder tend to be in favor or opposed.
True False
The Corporation and Its Stakeholders
True / False Questions 1. General Motors has been called a "template for 21st century capitalism."
True False 2. A business is any organization that is engaged in making a product or providing a service for a profit.
True False 3. Businesses and society are independent of one another.
True False 4. The stakeholder theory of the firm argues that a firm's sole purpose is to create 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 the media.
True False 9. Each stakeholder group has only one source of power in relation to a firm.
True False 10. The interests of different stakeholders often coincide.
True False 11. Stakeholders involved with one part of a company often may have little or no involvement with another part of the company.
True False 12. Some scholars have suggested that managers pay the most attention to stakeholders possessing the least salience.
True False 13. Urgency refers to the extent to which a stakeholder's actions are seen as proper or appropriate by the broader society.
True False 14. A stakeholder map is a useful tool, because it enables managers to see quickly how stakeholders feel about an issue and whether salient stakeholder tend to be in favor or opposed.
True False