To act responsibly in one's professional capacity, one must act on the basis of information that one has made a reasonable efort to make sure is accurate and complete.

Which one of the following judgements most closely conforms to the principle cited above?

A) Peggy acted responsibily in ordering new computers for the school last year because they turned out to be needed to an unexpected increase in enrollment this year
B) Mary acted responsibily in firing John, for she first examined the details of his work record and listened to negative reports from some of his supervisors and coworkers
C) Toril did not act responsibily in investing the company's money in Twicycled Ink, for, though the investment yielded a large return, she had not investigated the risks associated with that investment
D) Conchita did not act reponsibly in hiring Helmer to do the company's bookkeeping becuase Helmer made a mistake that cost the company a lost of money, though he had never been known to make such a mistake in the past
E) Jennifer did not act responsibly in deciding where to go on her vacation becuase, instead of carefully weighing her options, she waited until the last minute and decided on impulse.

I will go with B too.

Argument says that you need to first know that the information is correct and complete and then take the action.

All except B product information after the action.

it is pretty nice one. B.

B says Mary did two things.
1. examine details abt John's work record "and"
2. listen to -ve feedback about John.

I don't see what is wrong with B.

Statement : Y, if X
Only B follows this principle.
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Agree with (B).

Because she acted based on information she collected.

Which one of the following judgements most closely conforms to the principle cited above?

A) Peggy acted responsibily in ordering new computers for the school last year because they turned out to be needed to an unexpected increase in enrollment this year

Makes no sense. We can't infer if she acted responsibly or not. Out.

B) Mary acted responsibily in firing John, for she first examined the details of his work record and listened to negative reports from some of his supervisors and coworkers

She listened to negative reports but this option does not indicate that she confirmed the accuracy of these reports. Therefore, from the foregoing, she didn't act responsibly. Out.

C) Toril did not act responsibily in investing the company's money in Twicycled Ink, for, though the investment yielded a large return, she had not investigated the risks associated with that investment

Suppose she did not have info about the risk, then you won't blame her for not reviewing such. So she may be responsible after all. Out.

D) Conchita did not act reponsibly in hiring Helmer to do the company's bookkeeping becuase Helmer made a mistake that cost the company a lost of money, though he had never been known to make such a mistake in the past

She acted responsibly because we can infer that the error was Helmer's first. Maybe she actually used previous records of helmer (which were good) as criterion to hire helmer.

E) Jennifer did not act responsibly in deciding where to go on her vacation becuase, instead of carefully weighing her options, she waited until the last minute and decided on impulse.

I am left with (E). Interesting one - I'm keen on the OA.

Yes...It looks like C is the option....

In B Mary listened to the "negetive" reports but there was not mention of any "pat on back" that the employee might have received...So her investigation is not complete....

Sorry for the delay folks. The OA is C.

I dont have an OE. Its from the Official LSAT questions book. I have no freaking clue how C could be the OA.