A Plant Worker Is Unhappy with His Performance Review

question 149

Multiple Choice

A plant worker is unhappy with his performance review. He considers purposely spilling a hazardous chemical to cause an evacuation of the plant. He decides against this,however. A spill could put many of his fellow workers at risk of injury from inhaling the chemical's fumes or evacuating. Which of the following influenced this worker's ethical decision making?

• A)magnitude of consequences  
• B)enormity of influence  
• C)location immediacy  
• D)probability of response

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