Sample Exam Questions - Ecological Environment

All questions must be answered in relation to your chosen organization and/or its industry sector as defined in your ‘organization/ industry profile’.

These are ‘short-answer questions so think about how much you can write in 15-20 minutes. The marking scheme awards marks for relevance, application and originality so avoid irrelevance, generality and unoriginality.

1. Identify one key issue in eco-environmental policy that particularly affects your organisation or industry. Explain briefly and illustrate your answer with organization/industry specific examples.

2. What were the main features of the Kyoto protocol (1997) and how does, will or might its provisions impact on your chosen organization or industry?

3. How do EU environmental policies impact on your chosen organization or industry?

4. Consider Figure 8.1 or similar data for your own country. How might a shift from GDP driven policies to policies based on a broader measure of welfare such as the ISEW impact on your organization or industry?

5. Consider the Kyoto target for reducing CO2 emissions from the viewpoints of individual consumers, society in general, governments and your own company or industry.

6. Consider the outcome of the Copenhagen conference on climate change (2009) from the viewpoints of individual consumers, society in general, governments and your own company or industry.

7. Consider the activities of your chosen firm and/or industry from the viewpoint of each of a range of different stakeholders. Give examples of concerns that each group might have with particular reference to ecological concerns.

8. To what extent would you recommend your firm or industry to concentrate on the production and/or sale of environment-friendly products?

9. What are the main eco-environmental commitments of your chosen organisation or of organizations in your chosen industry? What do you think they ought to be and why?

10. How does increasing ecological awareness of consumers affect your chosen