If a Management Accountant Confides to a Relative That His

question 96

Multiple Choice

If a management accountant confides to a relative that his or her company has a confidential plan to merge with another company in the near future, the accountant has

• A) not violated ethical standards.
• B) violated ethical standards only if the relative owns stock in the company.
• C) violated ethical standards because the accountant and relative could stand to gain personally from that information.
• D) not violated ethical standards because the information was relayed to a family member.

Analyze and differentiate between the four traditional organization designs: functional, geographic, product, and network.

Understand the concept of geographic design and discuss its benefits and disadvantages.

Compare and contrast mechanistic and organic organizations and their suitability for future organizational needs.

Identify the circumstances under which an organization might evolve through different organizational designs.

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Definitions:

Guthrie

Edwin Ray Guthrie was an influential psychologist known for his theory that learning is largely a matter of contiguity or association between stimuli and responses.

Conditioning Trial

An instance in classical conditioning where the conditioned stimulus is presented with or just before the unconditioned stimulus, leading to learning.

Reward

An outcome or event that strengthens the likelihood of a behavior being repeated.

Food Pellets

Food pellets are often used as a positive reinforcement in animal studies, particularly in experiments involving operant conditioning.