When an Organization Involves Its Employees in the Budgeting Process

question 15

Multiple Choice

When an organization involves its employees in the budgeting process in a meaningful way, the organization is said to be using an approach most commonly known as:

• A)budgetary slack.
• B)participative budgeting.
• C)budget padding.
• D)imposed budgeting.
• E)employee-based budgeting.

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Definitions:

Ethical Egoism

A moral philosophy that posits individuals should act in their own self-interest because it is the moral thing to do.

Principle of Utility

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Kant

Immanuel Kant, a German philosopher whose work in metaphysics, ethics, and aesthetics played a central role in modern philosophy, emphasizing the limits of human knowledge and the importance of moral principles.

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