alleryStart learning →The newspaper or social media test asks you to imagine what?
AA rival firm copying the decision you made
BA regulator auditing the accounts of your firm
CA colleague repeating the decision next year
DAn objective reporter describing your decision
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. An objective reporter describing your decision
1. The final test involves the front page of a newspaper or a post on social media.
2. The question is how an objective reporter would describe your decision in a front-page story or an online post.
3. Some managers rephrase it by asking how the headline would read if the decision were made.
4. Rivals, regulators, and future colleagues are not the imagined audience in this test.
_Source: OpenStax Introduction to Business (CC BY 4.0), Ch 2 "Making Ethical Decisions and Managing a Socially Responsible Business", section 2.2 The Newspaper or Social Media Test_
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