Which of the Following Is an Example of an External

question 9

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of an external proposal?

• A) an employee's email persuading his superiors to choose his team over an external agency for a particular project
• B) an email from the head of a cleaning service seeking to convince a company to be his client
• C) an email from an employee to his manager stressing the need for additional team members for a project
• D) an email from the HR manager of a technology firm to their finance department containing the pay structure for new employees
• E) a memo from an employee to her manager requesting Six Sigma training

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Definitions:

Defamation

A false communication that injures someone's reputation, either through written statements (libel) or spoken statements (slander).

Negligence Per Se

A doctrine that allows a judge or jury to infer duty and breach of duty from the fact that a defendant violated a criminal statute that was designed to prevent the type of harm that the plaintiff incurred.

Modified Comparative Negligence

A defense accepted in some states whereby the defendant is not liable for the percentage of harm that he or she can prove is due to the plaintiff’s own negligence if the plaintiff’s negligence is responsible for less than 50 percent of the harm; if the defendant establishes that the plaintiff’s negligence caused more than 50 percent of the harm, the defendant has no liability.

Intentional Interference

Deliberate actions taken to disrupt or harm another party's contractual or business relationships.