Harpreet Is a Member of an Environmental Protection Group as She

question 100

Multiple Choice

Harpreet is a member of an environmental protection group as she feels strongly that humans must act to preserve their environment. She works in a restaurant that uses a great deal of Styrofoam packaging for take-out food. What is most likely to occur?

• A) Harpreet will feel frustrated because her personal values are in conflict with her company's values.
• B) Harpreet will feel frustrated because her national values are in conflict with her company's values.
• C) Because Harpreet is following her own principles in her personal life, she is unlikely to be affected by the incongruence with the values of the organization.
• D) If Harpreet's national culture is high in specificity (as opposed to diffusion), then she will not be bothered by the company actions as she would easily be able to separate her personal and work values.

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Definitions:

Density

The number of people divided by the area of the space they share.

Displaced Aggression

A defense mechanism where a person redirects aggressive feelings or behaviors from the original source of provocation to a safer or more socially acceptable target.

Fight-Or-Flight Syndrome

A physiological response to perceived harmful events, attacks, or threats to survival, preparing the body to either confront or avoid danger.

Deindividuation

A sense of anonymity and loss of individuality, as in a large group, making people especially likely to engage in antisocial behaviors such as theft.