Financial And Managerial Accounting
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Author: WARREN, Carl S.
Publisher: Cengage Learning,
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Chapter 28, Problem 5BE
Lonnie’s Shipping Co. is considering switching to an all-electric fleet to minimize emissions. Lonnie wants to gradually implement this change over the next 10 years. The company currently has a fleet of 100 trucks, half of which are electric-powered. Upon consulting with Lonnie, you have determined that an appropriate course of action is to include this CSR activity as a strategic objective in the company’s current balanced scorecard.
- a. Under which performance perspective should the CSR strategic objective be placed?
- b. Suggest one possible performance metric for the CSR strategic objective.
- c. Determine an appropriate yearly performance target for the performance metric you suggested in part (b).
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Financial And Managerial Accounting
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