A Company Is Convinced of the Benefits of Exercise for Its

question 54

Short Answer

A company is convinced of the benefits of exercise for its workers. Healthy employees take fewer sick days and tend to be more focused on their job. In addition, exercise enhances the workers' positive moods. The company is so persuaded of the value of exercise that it has adopted a new policy: Moving forward, all workers will be allowed to exercise during the work day for up to three hours per week.
Which of the following, if true, would weaken the argument for the company's exercise policy?
The company has set up an arrangement with a local gym to provide facilities for exercising.
The policy is not designed to increase the amount of time that the workers' families will spend exercising.
Many of the workers who exercise more because of the policy would return to their previous levels of exercise if they left the company.
Different people require different kinds of exercise in order to get the benefits of exercise.
The workers who are most in need of additional exercise are least likely to participate in the exercise program.

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