International Food Services (IFS) Has a Contract with the Marines

question 133

Multiple Choice

International Food Services (IFS) has a contract with the Marines to supply meals for its troops in Afghanistan and other foreign assignments. As a means of increasing profits, IFS has used substandard ingredients in these meals and has consistently lied about this practice during quality investigations by the Marines. Who is ultimately responsible for the corporate climate that resulted in this wrongdoing?

• A) The director of food service for IFS
• B) The Board of Directors of IFS
• C) The employees directly involved in the wrongdoing
• D) The head of contract services for the Marines

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