An Employee in Charge of Collecting Tickets at the Entrance

question 10

Multiple Choice

An employee in charge of collecting tickets at the entrance of a movie theatre lets her friends enter the theatre without paying for tickets.She thinks it is fine to do so because the employees at the popcorn bar give free popcorn to their friends.This type of rationalization is because:

• A)Denial of responsibility
• B)Denial of the victim
• C)Everyone else is doing it
• D)Appeal to higher loyalties
• E)Entitlement

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