Your Manager Asks You to "Cook the Books" to Make

question 90

Multiple Choice

Your manager asks you to "cook the books" to make the company look better for a bank that your company is trying to get a loan through.The manager stresses that nothing and no one will be harmed because the company will come out on top, the shareholders will be happy, and the bank will get their money back with interest.Which theory is the manager employing?

• A)Egoism
• B)Utilitarianism
• C)Fairness
• D)Virtue

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Definitions:

Loftus

Elizabeth Loftus is a cognitive psychologist and expert on human memory, known for her research on the malleability of human memory and the misinformation effect.

Recall

The act of retrieving information or memories from the past, without the aid of specific cues for what is being remembered.

Proactive Interference

A phenomenon in memory research where older information interferes with the recall of newer information.

Retroactive Interference

An occurrence where newly acquired knowledge hampers the retrieval of information learned earlier.