To Reduce the Amount of Non-Recyclable Waste That Employees Throw

question 48

Multiple Choice

To reduce the amount of non-recyclable waste that employees throw out each day, a major telephone company removed containers for non-recyclable rubbish from each office and workstation. This altered employee behaviour mainly by:

• A)increasing employee motivation to be less wasteful.
• B)altering situational factors so that employees have more difficulty practising wasteful behaviour.
• C)helping employees to learn how to be less wasteful.
• D)increasing aptitudes that make employees less wasteful.
• E)increasing organizational citizenship so that employees will be less wasteful.

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Definitions:

Scoria

A dark gray, black, or reddish volcanic rock that contains abundant vesicles, usually having the composition of basalt or andesite; synonymous with volcanic cinders.

Basalt

A dark, fine-grained volcanic rock formed from the rapid cooling of magnesium- and iron-rich lava, characteristic of oceanic crust.

Basaltic Lava

A type of lava that flows from volcanic eruptions, characterized by its low viscosity and high iron and magnesium content.

Scoria Cones

Volcanic cones built from fragments of lava ejected from a single vent, typically with steep slopes.