A New Business Fails to Prioritize Ethics Training for Its

question 57

Multiple Choice

A new business fails to prioritize ethics training for its employees, and as a result a low-trust environment develops among the different departments of the business. Based on management theorist W. Edwards Deming's quoted thoughts about the importance of trust, what might one predict will happen?

• A) A culture of intense corruption will form, with most employees acting unethically with respect to the customer.
• B) Each department will pursue its own self-interest instead of the interests of the entire business, and the business will suffer.
• C) The business's profits and public image may rise to new heights, but internal dynamics and employees' happiness with their work will suffer.
• D) The loss of trust will lead to a rapid confrontation with governmental ethics authorities and a likely demise of the business.

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