Jeanne Edwards Works as a Campaign Manager at Rainforest Alliance

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Jeanne Edwards works as a campaign manager at Rainforest Alliance Trust, a forest protection organization in Indonesia. She is currently working on the Palm Oil Campaign which aims at establishing stringent laws against companies which aggravate deforestation to extract palm oil for commercial use. Her role is to establish allies with other forest protection organizations and companies which use eco-friendly products that set good examples for other companies to follow. Jeanne allied with Griffin and Powell, a large multinational company, which, unknown to Jeanne, also has strong ties with local logging groups in Jakarta. Which of the following, if true, would strengthen the argument that Jeanne had an availability bias while establishing an ally with the company?

• A) Rainforest Alliance Trust has strong networks with local environmental research organizations.
• B) Jeanne is well acquainted with various research techniques.
• C) Jeanne has access to environmental records maintained by the Information Ministry.
• D) Griffin and Powell ensures that all their CSR initiatives on forests are regularly and substantially publicized.
• E) Jeanne has adequate experience in leading such campaigns.

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