The Department of Defense Doesn't Classify Pilferage as a Major

question 22

Multiple Choice

The Department of Defense doesn't classify pilferage as a major problem, as its annual inventory losses run $1-2 billion a year. The intentional theft and sale of defense secrets would have greater ethical intensity than this pilferage due to _____________.

• A) magnitude of consequences
• B) magnitude of influence
• C) location immediacy
• D) probability of response
• E) all of these

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