Which of the Following Is an Appropriate Strategy to Use

question 64

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an appropriate strategy to use when the sales manager asks you (the salesperson) to slip a purchasing agent a couple of hundred dollars in order to get him to put in a good word with the buying center for your company's new line of packaging equipment?

• A)Ignore the request.
• B)Appeal to a higher authority.
• C)Threaten to blow the whistle.
• D)Leave the organization.
• E)All of the above are appropriate strategies to use when handling unethical requests from managers.

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