When Providing Reasons for Bad News in a Negative News

question 21

Multiple Choice

When providing reasons for bad news in a negative news message that uses the indirect approach,you should ________.

• A)avoid using "company policy" as the reason most of the time
• B)start with the most negative points and then move on to increasingly positive ones
• C)present your reasons in a clearly apologetic tone
• D)avoid going into details of the reasons for the bad news
• E)avoid couching negative points in positive language

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Definitions:

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