GCSE D&T Unit 2 - Ethical and Environmental Perspectives

Companies are increasingly aware of their social and ethical responsibility, what does this mean?

• Considering whether what they are doing is right or wrong.
• Trying to create the cheapest products possible.
• Making products cost more in order to be better.

Child labour has been found to be used when supplying goods for western markets, is this ethically right or wrong?

• Right
• Wrong

The Home Office have estimated that there are how many people in the UK working as modern slaves?<br />

• 10000
• 13000
• 16000

What function on snapchat has been highlighted as being unethical as it is switched on by default?

• Filters
• Timers
• GPS location sharer

The government has a responsibility to protect our environment and ensure safe working conditions, true or false?<br />

• true
• false

In the UK, who has a legal obligation to provide a safe working environment?

• The prime minister
• The Health and Safety Executive
• Minimum wage employees

Fair trade ensures that aims to provide better prices, decent working conditions and fair terms of trade for farmers and workers, what product is typically sold under the Fairtrade label?

• Fruit and Veg
• Clothes
• Cars

A carbon footprint is the amount of ______ released into the atmosphere as a result of the actions of people?

• Hydrogen
• Oxygen
• Carbon Dioxide

What does the term LCA stand for?

• Life Circuit Assessment
• Living Circle Analysis
• Life Cycle Assessment

Is the way a product disposed of included within a life cycle assessment (LCA)?

• Yes
• No