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CloudCart serves health-conscious consumers while cutting delivery times; the case evidence includes cash inflow of ?10,428, sales of 593 units, and a 31% change in costs or demand. Which option best applies Identify where a business may face a trade-off between sustainability and profit?

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Topic

Ethical and environmental considerations

Question

A. Use sustainability to judge labour productivity, customers impact, and the business objective in Environmental responsibility and sustainability.
B. Give only a definition of Ethical and environmental considerations without using the case evidence.
C. Treat gross and net profit as identical and ignore the effect on customers.
D. Choose the largest sales figure without checking costs, finance, or context.

Answer

The correct option is: Use sustainability to judge labour productivity, customers impact, and the business objective in Environmental responsibility and sustainability.

Explanation

This option works because Use sustainability to judge labour productivity, customers impact, and the business objective in Environmental responsibility and sustainability. The case evidence gives ?11,928, 593 units, and 31%, so the answer must explain the commercial effect rather than repeat a definition. The distractors are weaker because they confuse gross and net profit, miss the customers, or ignore the business objective.

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Environmental responsibility and sustainability common mistake 1

Giving a vague answer instead of directly addressing: Identify where a business may face a trade-off between sustainability and profit..

Answer by clearly explaining how to identify where a business may face a trade-off between sustainability and profit..

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