Refer to the Scenario Below to Answer the Following Questions

question 99

Multiple Choice

Refer to the scenario below to answer the following questions.
An Ethical Dilemma (Scenario)
Max Proffit, director of research and development for NexGen Products Company, has learned that a new material has been developed in his department that will help reduce production costs without any accompanying loss in quality. He has discussed the potential savings with his two assistants, Angel Lee and Moe Gaines, as well as the vice-president of product development, Rush Onward. Angel has stated her opposition to the use of the new material because its durability and fire-resistant properties have not been fully tested nor certified by the company's third-party testing laboratory. Moe argues that the initial tests that their R&D department has run indicated minimal problems with both durability and fire resistance. Rush stated that he has been in several meetings lately where the need to increase earnings-per-share has been repeatedly emphasized by the company president. Rush has told Max that a decision has to be made within the week about the use of the new material in NexGen's products.
-If Max believes that the new material should be certified by the lab before it is used in the company's products, and therefore he resists the impulse to approve its use prematurely to help increase the company's earnings-per-share, he probably __________.

• A) is a whistle-blower
• B) has high ego strength
• C) will lose Angel as an employee because she will quit
• D) is operating at the preconventional stage of moral development
• E) is showing social responsiveness

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