Which of the Following Statements Is True

question 85

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is true?

• A)All actions deemed unethical by society are also illegal.
• B)The concerns of what is legal and ethical do not change over time.
• C)The terms social responsibility and ethics should be used interchangeably.
• D)Companies can be both profitable and socially responsible.
• E)Businesses whose sole objective is to earn profit may not consider their social responsibility.

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Definitions:

Antecedent

the clause or phrase in a conditional statement that represents the condition, often preceding the consequent which is the outcome.

Self-Contradiction

A statement or proposition that contradicts itself, implying both a statement and its denial at the same time.

Conditional

A logical statement that has two parts: a hypothesis (if) and a conclusion (then), expressing a condition and its outcome.

Conjunct

A component in a conjunction, an operator in logic that combines two statements to form a single proposition that is true only when both statements are true.