L3M5 Socially Responsible Procurement Questions and Answers
What is being defined here: ‘The assessment of a potential supplier’s capability of controlling quali-ty, delivery, quantity, price and all other factors to be embodied in a contract’?
Select the two factors which could help improve a percentage truck utilisation figure:
CIPS has created a list of the ten most common CSR issues in supply chains. Which one of the fol-lowing is not on that list?
OECD has written about the concept of a 'pyramid of CSR responsibilities'.
‘Being a good corporate citizen’ is described as being at the highest level of the pyramid, and falls within which of the following sets of responsibilities?
In other words, which of these options shown, is at the highest level of the CSR pyramid?
Which of the following is not one of the 3 R’s of environmental sustainability?
The global distribution company, DHL, is quoted in one of the textbooks for this subject, as saying that they ‘wish our planet to remain habitable for generations to come’, and that they hope to achieve zero emissions by which year?
Avoidance of the depletion of natural resources in order to maintain an ecological balance’ is a def-inition of:
Which colour is commonly associated with anything seen to be environmentally-friendly?
Some environmentally-conscious individuals feel that the clearing of rain forest, particularly in In-donesia, has had a catastrophic effect on the local environment. The forest is being cleared to enable a particular oil crop to grow and be harvested. What is this crop which has attracted so much atten-tion?
What is being described here: ‘supply chain management practices and strategies that reduce the environment and energy footprint of freight distribution’?
In 2013, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reported that it is highly likely that human influence has been the dominant cause of global warming since the 1950’s. What was their level of certainty?
‘XXX inclines can be used to move items from an upper floor to a lower floor’. What is XXX?
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One organisation has published a guide, as part of its Knowledge Summary series, which sets out requirements for ethical behaviour from suppliers. The guide is entitled ‘Ethical business practices in purchasing and supply’. Which organisation published the guide?
What has been defined as: ‘a process whereby organisations meet their needs for goods, services, works and utilities in a way that achieves value for money on a whole life basis in terms of generating benefits not only to the organisation, but also to society and the economy, whilst minimising damage to the environment’
‘A methodical examination, involving analysis and tests of procedures and practices; and its purpose is to verify whether they comply with legal requirements, internal policies and accepted practice or standards’ (Profex textbook for L3M5 / L3M6) What is this describing?
One of the learning outcomes (also called ‘assessment criteria’ or ‘indicative content’) for this course is ‘Defining organisational value for money to include social outcomes – such as the use of local labour and participation of XXX and / or YYY groups’. Replace XXX and YYY with which words?
An approach to storage whereby items will be placed anywhere where there is free space, reducing the overall volume of space required in the warehouse.
Which of the following should be given consideration as part of a ‘whole life approach’ to sustaina-ble procurement decisions? Select all that apply.
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