Regarding the Relationship Between Top-Level and Lower-Level Managers

question 50

Multiple Choice

Regarding the relationship between top-level and lower-level managers,

• A) top-level managers seem to be very sensitive to the ethical issues that lower-level managers face.
• B) both groups seem to feel about the same degree of pressure to compromise personal standards for the company.
• C) top-level managers seem to be insensitive to how far lower-level managers might go to please them.
• D) top-level managers perceive that lower-level managers are really not interested in ethical issues within the firm.

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