According to the Chapter 2 Opening Case on BP, in Response

question 78

Multiple Choice

According to the Chapter 2 Opening Case on BP, in response to the Deepwater Horozon oil spill, the company should expect increased scrutiny coming from which of the following segments of the general environment?

• A) Political/legal.
• B) Global.
• C) Technological.
• D) Sociocultural.

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Semantics

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Language Routines

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Verbal

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