When a Business Makes a Promise of Performance That It

question 78

Multiple Choice

When a business makes a promise of performance that it knows the law will not enforce:

• A) the business has violated ethics by making the promise knowing that it is unenforceable.
• B) the promise will be enforced if it can be shown that it would be unethical to not do so.
• C) the promise will not be enforced, but the business will be liable for the ethical violation.
• D) a court will generally not enforce the promise, even if the court recognizes that the business made an ethical violation by not keeping the promise.
• E) The promise will be enforced and the business will be legally liable for the ethical violation.

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