Question detail
BrightBake serves premium buyers while launching a product; the case evidence includes labour productivity of ?6,000, sales of 130 units, and a 29% 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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MCQ
Type
practice
Style
Topic
Ethical and environmental considerations
Question
- A. Use sustainability to judge capacity utilisation, managers 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 stakeholders and shareholders as identical and ignore the effect on managers.
- D. Choose the largest sales figure without checking costs, finance, or context.
Answer
The correct option is: Use sustainability to judge capacity utilisation, managers impact, and the business objective in Environmental responsibility and sustainability.
Explanation
Choose this response because Use sustainability to judge capacity utilisation, managers impact, and the business objective in Environmental responsibility and sustainability. The case evidence gives ?7,500, 130 units, and 29%, so the answer must explain the commercial effect rather than repeat a definition. The distractors are weaker because they confuse stakeholders and shareholders, miss the managers, or ignore the business objective.
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Environmental responsibility and sustainability common mistake 1
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