Several Real Estate Agents Have Been Convicted of Several Counts

question 31

Multiple Choice

Several real estate agents have been convicted of several counts of real estate fraud.The most plausible reaction from American and Japanese news outlets will be that Japanese newspapers are likelier than American ones to

• A) recommend strong punishment of the agents.
• B) view the real estate companies to be at fault.
• C) predict similar events will happen in the future.
• D) remove their assets from the companies involved.
• E) perceive the agents as having exercised choice.

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