When Leaving the Employment of One Company and Moving to Another

question 48

Multiple Choice

When leaving the employment of one company and moving to another company, what is the ethical approach to leaving?

• A) Give the company ample notice so they can find your replacement.
• B) Avoid saying anything in anger to anyone at the company that you feel may have done you an injustice.
• C) Help your replacement learn about your territory and your customers.
• D) Refrain from divulging confidential material about your old company to your new boss.
• E) Do all of the above.

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Definitions:

Classical Conditioning

A habituation technique that involves repeatedly combining two stimuli, eventually resulting in a response first provoked by the second stimulus being provoked by the first stimulus alone.

Conditioned Stimulus

A stimulus that, after association with an unconditioned stimulus, comes to produce a conditioned response.

Conditioned Response

A learned response to a previously neutral stimulus that has become associated with another stimulus.

Extinction

In the field of psychology, the slow reduction and eventual vanishing of a learned response when the previously associated conditioned stimulus is not presented together with the unconditioned stimulus anymore.