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Refer to the Scenario Below to Answer the Following Questions

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Refer to the scenario below to answer the following questions.
Social Responsibility and Issue Intensity (Scenario)
Rick is president of a company that manufactures secondary wood products for the construction industry. Recently, there have been many reports of a plywood sub-flooring product that has been failing in a number of commercial locations, resulting in several complaints about ruined floor coverings and, in one instance, the partial collapse of a floor, which injured three people. The manager of research and development has asked marketing to stop selling the product while he runs some tests to determine the source of the problem. However, third-quarter earnings reports are due out in two weeks and public knowledge of problems concerning this lucrative product are likely to delay the financing of the company's expansion plans and cause stock prices to tumble. Rick has a dilemma. Should he continue to sell the product and delay research efforts in order to maintain the expansion plans, but risk causing more damage and injury? Or should he immediately stop sales of the product and run the necessary tests, thereby placing the expansion plans at risk and causing potential losses for the company's shareholders?
-If Rick decides to stop sales and investigate the flooring product because he feels a responsibility toward society as well as shareholders, he would be operating under the __________ view of social responsibility.

Definitions:

Classical Conditioning

A training process where a response initially caused by a second stimulus is eventually provoked by the first stimulus, due to the continuous pairing of the two stimuli.

Neutral Stimulus

A stimulus that initially produces no specific response other than focusing attention, until it is associated with an unconditioned stimulus.

Organism's Responding

The manner in which an organism reacts to stimuli or changes in its environment.

Conditioned Response

A learned reaction to a previously neutral stimulus that occurs as a result of conditioning, typically demonstrated in Pavlov’s dog experiment.