BA 342 Exam 2 QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS
Excellent performance
Academic integrity
Professional behavior EAP
Learn, Live, Lead Penn State's Strategic Sustainability Plan (Triple L)
Provide extraordinary education
High quality research
Build a culture of service, sustainability, diversity
+ Presidential campaign themes ("Envisioning a Sustainable Future") PSU strategic plan
- Zero waste global footprint
"Not easy, but worth it"
- Achieved goal of zero waste 6 years ahead of schedule
- Driving zero waste through their supply chain Unilever - Corporate Sustainability example
(Take - Make - Waste)
Process: Design→Raw Materials →Production→Use→Disposal Linear Business model
(Make - Use - Return)
,Process ("Zero-waste"):
RawMaterials→Design→Production/Remanufacture→Distribution→Consumption(use, reuse,
repair)→Collection→Recycling Circular Business Model
Externality Off-load cost into something you don't care about. A side effect or consequence of an
industrial or commercial activity that affects other parties ex) Dumping waste
Profit → (Economic)
Planet → (Environment)
People → (Social) Sustainability Triple Bottom Line
People: Better safety, increase productivity, lower injury costs, good moral
Profit: Cost savings, increase productivity, customer visits, maintenance cost less
Planet: Decrease energy needed, less waste, decrease Co2 Kennametal (Manufacturer of cutting
tools)
Kennametal's Triple Bottom Line:
Sustainable development (classic definition) "Development that meets the needs of the present
without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs"
Shelter environment vs. Use up environment Sustainability points of view that polarize
Stewardship Model Responsible management of resources
- Inputs, throughputs, and outputs
, Responsibility Can you do the right thing
Sustainability Meet needs of today and no compromise on needs of tomorrow.
1. Population growth
2. Intensity resource usage rate
3. Climate change
Three lenses: Scientific - Political - Economic Big issues that drive sustainability. THE 3 WHYS
(order matters)
Providing goods + services for 9 billion people by 2043 Population Bottom line for Smeal Student
"Basket of goods"
- Focus on how it defines ecological footprints Fixed set of consumer products and services valued
on an annual basis and used to track inflation in a specific market or country.
5 Earths How many Earths are needed for world population to live equal to US lifestyle
- Common area of air, water and land.
- Individual choices in self interest → Affecting the commons (not sustaining resources)
- The idea of intensity of resource use and Economic development Explain Tragedy of the
Commons
SOLUTIONS
Excellent performance
Academic integrity
Professional behavior EAP
Learn, Live, Lead Penn State's Strategic Sustainability Plan (Triple L)
Provide extraordinary education
High quality research
Build a culture of service, sustainability, diversity
+ Presidential campaign themes ("Envisioning a Sustainable Future") PSU strategic plan
- Zero waste global footprint
"Not easy, but worth it"
- Achieved goal of zero waste 6 years ahead of schedule
- Driving zero waste through their supply chain Unilever - Corporate Sustainability example
(Take - Make - Waste)
Process: Design→Raw Materials →Production→Use→Disposal Linear Business model
(Make - Use - Return)
,Process ("Zero-waste"):
RawMaterials→Design→Production/Remanufacture→Distribution→Consumption(use, reuse,
repair)→Collection→Recycling Circular Business Model
Externality Off-load cost into something you don't care about. A side effect or consequence of an
industrial or commercial activity that affects other parties ex) Dumping waste
Profit → (Economic)
Planet → (Environment)
People → (Social) Sustainability Triple Bottom Line
People: Better safety, increase productivity, lower injury costs, good moral
Profit: Cost savings, increase productivity, customer visits, maintenance cost less
Planet: Decrease energy needed, less waste, decrease Co2 Kennametal (Manufacturer of cutting
tools)
Kennametal's Triple Bottom Line:
Sustainable development (classic definition) "Development that meets the needs of the present
without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs"
Shelter environment vs. Use up environment Sustainability points of view that polarize
Stewardship Model Responsible management of resources
- Inputs, throughputs, and outputs
, Responsibility Can you do the right thing
Sustainability Meet needs of today and no compromise on needs of tomorrow.
1. Population growth
2. Intensity resource usage rate
3. Climate change
Three lenses: Scientific - Political - Economic Big issues that drive sustainability. THE 3 WHYS
(order matters)
Providing goods + services for 9 billion people by 2043 Population Bottom line for Smeal Student
"Basket of goods"
- Focus on how it defines ecological footprints Fixed set of consumer products and services valued
on an annual basis and used to track inflation in a specific market or country.
5 Earths How many Earths are needed for world population to live equal to US lifestyle
- Common area of air, water and land.
- Individual choices in self interest → Affecting the commons (not sustaining resources)
- The idea of intensity of resource use and Economic development Explain Tragedy of the
Commons
