An Employee Was Terminated for Withholding Information Related to the Purchase

question 6

Multiple Choice

An employee was terminated for withholding information related to the purchase of a new software. The employee was aware that it was buggy software but did not disclose this to his employers since the software manufacturer had bribed the employee. Prior to termination, the employee was a _____ in his company's buying center.

• A) initiator
• B) decider
• C) gatekeeper
• D) influencer

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Definitions:

Little Albert

An early 20th-century experiment in classical conditioning where a young child was conditioned to fear a white rat, showcasing how emotional responses could be conditioned.

White Rat

Traditionally used as a subject in psychological and medical research because of its genetic uniformity and ease of observation.

Classical Conditioning

A training method in which pairing two stimuli repeatedly leads to a response originally produced by the second stimulus now being produced by only the first stimulus.

Hate

A strong emotion of dislike or hostility towards someone or something.