Which of the Following Situations Would MOST Likely Raise an Ethical

question 5

Multiple Choice

Which of the following situations would MOST likely raise an ethical issue with respect to proposals?

• A) A payroll-processing firm sends an unsolicited proposal to a doctor's office proposing use of the firm to manage the office payroll.
• B) A doctor asks the sales representative for a payroll-processing firm to submit a proposal to manage payroll for the doctor's office.
• C) A nonprofit agency's board member proposes to the executive director that she will conduct teambuilding workshops for the agency's staff for half of her normal fee.
• D) The executive director of a nonprofit agency asks a human resources consultant to propose a series of teambuilding workshops for the agency's staff.

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Definitions:

Stimulus Generalization

The process in which a conditioned response is observed, not only to the original stimulus but also to similar stimuli.

Discrimination Learning

A process by which an organism learns to respond differently to various stimuli, distinguishing between similar but distinct cues.

Excitatory Generalization Gradient

The tendency for the conditioned response to be elicited by stimuli that are similar to the conditioned stimulus.

Conditioned Stimulus

A previously neutral stimulus that, after being repeatedly paired with an unconditioned stimulus, begins to elicit a conditioned response on its own.