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What did the class action suit filed on behalf of the Ecuadoreans against PetroEcuador and Texaco claim?

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Correct Answer: Corruption and fraud against the Oriente region

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What did the class action suit filed on behalf of the Ecuadoreans against PetroEcuador and Texaco claim?

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Correct Answer: Environmental harm as a direct result of their oil and drilling operations
Poisoning of people as a result of altered emissions test data

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For Volkswagen, the manipulation of diesel engine emissions tests to meet _______ resulted in costly fines and settlements, including criminal fines and the indictment of six executives.

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Correct Answer: Environment standards

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When the Volkswagen emission scandal erupted, why was there “stunned silence” from the Wolfsburg city officials?

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Correct Answer: They were concerned about the costs Volkswagen would incur.

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When the Volkswagen emission scandal erupted, why was there “stunned silence” from the Wolfsburg city officials?

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Correct Answer: The city’s economic vitality was closely linked to the success of Volkswagen.

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In the British Petroleum trial, the settlement that they paid largely went to state and federal governments to _____.

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Correct Answer: Deal with natural resource damages

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As result of the Macondo well explosion, mangrove trees were killed and the Barataria Bay mangrove islands were destroyed. Without mangroves, what do experts fear as a likely result?

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Correct Answer: Other islands will also vanish.

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When the Macondo well exploded, the damage to the Gulf’s fragile ecosystem was ______.

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Correct Answer: Virtually incalculable

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During their investigation, the U.S. National Commission highlighted British Petroleum’s lack of safety culture. One thing that may have increased their safety is the concept of ______.

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Correct Answer: Stop work authority

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During their investigation, the U.S. National Commission highlighted British Petroleum’s lack of safety culture. One thing that may have increased their safety is the concept of ______.

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Correct Answer: Stop work authority

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In the Deepwater case study, one employee called attention to British Petroleum’s cost-cutting and risk management strategies as the reason for the ______.

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Correct Answer: Catastrophic Gulf accident

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In the Deepwater case study, cost cutting continued and commercial interests superseded engineering ones under Browne’s leadership. This led to serious and deadly accidents resulting in fines for failure to correct ______.

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Correct Answer: Safety problems

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In the Deepwater case study, why was CEO Robert Horton known as “The Hatchet?”

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Correct Answer: His strategy to reduce bureaucracy and reduce costs

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What should have been apparent to Hooker Chemical Company and the Niagara Falls city officials that went unnoticed?

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Correct Answer: Risk of imminent harm

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Hooker agreed to turn over the waste landfill to the school board under what condition?

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Correct Answer: Hooker would not be held liable for future claims or damages resulting from the storage of its chemicals.

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Hooker Chemical Company had a history of operational ______ concerns at its Niagara Falls plant.

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Correct Answer: Safety

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In the Love Canal case study, what caused Hooker Chemical Company’s legal, environmental, and ethical issues?

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Correct Answer: Dumping toxic chemicals into a canal that later impacted the health and well-being of residents

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According to the textbook, sensitivity to global warming and intergenerational justice should be incorporated into every firm’s ______.

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Correct Answer: Operating policies

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Choosing operation strategies consistent with environmental sustainability is an example of ______.

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Correct Answer: Environmental ethics

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One piece of legislation that started to change how companies view the environment is ______.

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Correct Answer: The Clean Air Act of 1970

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The tendency to view the environment as a free good must be tempered with _____.

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Correct Answer: Humans’ well-being and rights to health and safety

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Goods with environmental damage that do not impact the quality of human life are an example of ______.

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Correct Answer: Pure environmental goods

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Pollution associated with industrial activity, intentionally caused by human actions, ______.

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Correct Answer: Is unethical

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Environmental problems such as spills often go beyond market inefficiencies and imply ______.

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Correct Answer: Deliberate moral failings

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When do governments intervene to deal with economic agents who attempt to escape some of the costs of their business operations?

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Correct Answer: When markets fail to self-correct

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Which is an example of a severe environmental issue plaguing the fragile global ecosystem?

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Correct Answer: Pesticide residue

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Any goods that do not bear on human welfare pure _________that do not bear on human welfare?

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Correct Answer: Environmental goods

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_______ is an effect of one economic agent on another that is not taken into account by normal market behavior?

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Correct Answer: Externality

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Aspiring to a ________of environmental performance by competently managing risks and choosing strategies consistent with environmental sustainability?

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Correct Answer: High level

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