GM Typically Solicits Bids from Global Suppliers to Produce a Particular

question 2

Multiple Choice

GM typically solicits bids from global suppliers to produce a particular component and awards a 1-year contract to the supplier that submits the lowest bid. At the end of the year, a contract is once again put out for bid, and once again the lowest cost supplier is most likely to win the bid. Which of the following is GM using?

• A) Strategic outsourcing
• B) Competitive bidding
• C) Strategic bidding
• D) Long-term alliance
• E) Hostage taking

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Definitions:

Just-World Phenomenon

A cognitive bias that leads people to believe that the world is inherently fair, causing them to rationalize an unjust situation as deserved by the victim.

Scapegoating

The practice of singling out any party for unmerited negative treatment or blame as a way of deflecting attention from one’s own failures or inadequacies.

Aggression

A range of behaviors that can result in both physical and psychological harm to oneself, others, or objects in the environment.

Just-World Phenomenon

The belief that the world is fundamentally just, leading individuals to rationalize an undeserved fate for others as deserved.