Which of the Following Is True

question 68

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is true?

• A)Managerial accountants are the employees who are principally responsible for ethical behaviour.
• B)Investment losses have been precipitated by lax ethical standards.
• C)Corporate fraud was found to have decreased between the years 1998 and 2003.
• D)Expense account abuse has been cited as one of the rarest forms of unethical employee behaviour.

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Definitions:

Empirically Untestable

A concept or hypothesis that cannot be verified or disproven through observation or experiment.

Negative Reinforcement

A behavioral principle where the removal of an unfavorable event or outcome strengthens the behavior that led to its removal.

Punishment

The weakening (decrease in frequency) of a response because it is followed by the arrival of a (presumably) unpleasant stimulus.

Noxious Stimulus

An unpleasant or harmful stimulus that causes discomfort or pain.