If an Agent Commits a Tort Outside the Agent's Scope

question 41

True/False

If an agent commits a tort outside the agent's scope of employment, the agent is liable to the third party for damages incurred.

Understand the evolving nature of careers in the 21st century and the expectations for ethical conduct in organizations.

Understand the difference between performance effectiveness and performance efficiency in organizational contexts.

Recognize the impact of resource utilization and goal attainment on organizational performance.

Identify current organizational trends and their implications for management practices.

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Definitions:

Spontaneous Recovery

The reappearance of an extinguished response (in a weaker form) when an organism is exposed to the original conditioned stimulus following a rest period.

Extinction

In behavioral psychology, the process by which a conditioned response decreases in frequency and eventually disappears after the conditioned stimulus is repeatedly presented without the unconditioned stimulus.

Conditioned Response

A learned response to a previously neutral stimulus that becomes associated with a significant stimulus.

Conditioned Stimulus

A stimulus that has been associated with a particular response through conditioning, leading to its ability to elicit that response on its own.