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12 Days of Christmas 🎅 GMAT Competition with Lots of Questions & Fun
In a business ethics survey, company managers were asked to make a decision about a hypothetical scenario involving a choice between increasing company profits or prioritizing employee well-being. Most managers chose to prioritize profits, reasoning that it was in the best interest of the company's shareholders. In a separate survey, when a different group of people was asked to evaluate the ethicality of this decision, the majority considered prioritizing profits over employee well-being as unethical. This suggests that individuals in managerial roles may rationalize decisions favoring profits as ethically acceptable, while outsiders are more likely to view such decisions as unethical.
Which of the following is an assumption required by this argument?
(A) Some of the managers who chose to prioritize profits would consider it unethical if they were not in a decision-making position.
(B) The most ethical decision in the given scenario would have been to prioritize employee well-being over increasing company profits.
(C) There were employees affected by such managerial decisions who felt that prioritizing profits over their well-being was unethical.
(D) The group evaluating the ethicality of the decisions had a more impartial stance on ethics compared to the company managers.
(E) Some managers who chose to prioritize profits believed that their decision was the only ethically justifiable option in the given circumstances.
In a business ethics survey, company managers were asked to make a decision about a hypothetical scenario involving a choice between increasing company profits or prioritizing employee well-being. Most managers chose to prioritize profits, reasoning that it was in the best interest of the company's shareholders. In a separate survey, when a different group of people was asked to evaluate the ethicality of this decision, the majority considered prioritizing profits over employee well-being as unethical. This suggests that individuals in managerial roles may rationalize decisions favoring profits as ethically acceptable, while outsiders are more likely to view such decisions as unethical.
Which of the following is an assumption required by this argument?
(A) Some of the managers who chose to prioritize profits would consider it unethical if they were not in a decision-making position.
(B) The most ethical decision in the given scenario would have been to prioritize employee well-being over increasing company profits.
(C) There were employees affected by such managerial decisions who felt that prioritizing profits over their well-being was unethical.
(D) The group evaluating the ethicality of the decisions had a more impartial stance on ethics compared to the company managers.
(E) Some managers who chose to prioritize profits believed that their decision was the only ethically justifiable option in the given circumstances.
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12 Days of Christmas 🎅 GMAT Competition with Lots of Questions & Fun
In a business ethics survey, company managers were asked to make a decision about a hypothetical scenario involving a choice between increasing company profits or prioritizing employee well-being. Most managers chose to prioritize profits, reasoning that it was in the best interest of the company's shareholders. In a separate survey, when a different group of people was asked to evaluate the ethicality of this decision, the majority considered prioritizing profits over employee well-being as unethical. This suggests that individuals in managerial roles may rationalize decisions favoring profits as ethically acceptable, while outsiders are more likely to view such decisions as unethical.
Which of the following is an assumption required by this argument?
(A) Some of the managers who chose to prioritize profits would consider it unethical if they were not in a decision-making position.
(B) The most ethical decision in the given scenario would have been to prioritize employee well-being over increasing company profits.
(C) There were employees affected by such managerial decisions who felt that prioritizing profits over their well-being was unethical.
(D) The group evaluating the ethicality of the decisions had a more impartial stance on ethics compared to the company managers.
(E) Some managers who chose to prioritize profits believed that their decision was the only ethically justifiable option in the given circumstances.
In a business ethics survey, company managers were asked to make a decision about a hypothetical scenario involving a choice between increasing company profits or prioritizing employee well-being. Most managers chose to prioritize profits, reasoning that it was in the best interest of the company's shareholders. In a separate survey, when a different group of people was asked to evaluate the ethicality of this decision, the majority considered prioritizing profits over employee well-being as unethical. This suggests that individuals in managerial roles may rationalize decisions favoring profits as ethically acceptable, while outsiders are more likely to view such decisions as unethical.
Which of the following is an assumption required by this argument?
(A) Some of the managers who chose to prioritize profits would consider it unethical if they were not in a decision-making position.
(B) The most ethical decision in the given scenario would have been to prioritize employee well-being over increasing company profits.
(C) There were employees affected by such managerial decisions who felt that prioritizing profits over their well-being was unethical.
(D) The group evaluating the ethicality of the decisions had a more impartial stance on ethics compared to the company managers.
(E) Some managers who chose to prioritize profits believed that their decision was the only ethically justifiable option in the given circumstances.
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GMAT Club's Official Explanation:
The correct answer is (A).
A. Some of the managers who chose to prioritize profits would consider it unethical if they were not in a decision-making position.
- This assumption is required by the argument, which suggests that people in managerial roles would view the ethicality of a decision differently when they are directly involved in making it. The argument implies that these managers would judge the same action (prioritizing profits) as unethical if they were evaluating it from an outside perspective, as the separate group did.
D. The group evaluating the ethicality of the decisions had a more impartial stance on ethics compared to the company managers.
- While this might be a possible interpretation, the argument does not necessarily assume that the second group's stance is more impartial. It only suggests that there is a difference in perception between those in decision-making roles and those evaluating the decision externally.
The other options, while related, do not directly address the key assumption underlying the argument:
B. The most ethical decision in the given scenario would have been to prioritize employee well-being over increasing company profits.
- This is a normative statement about what the most ethical decision would be, but the argument is about the perception of ethicality, not what the ethical decision actually is.
C. There were employees affected by such managerial decisions who felt that prioritizing profits over their well-being was unethical.
- This may be true, but it is not an assumption required for the argument, which focuses on the difference in perspective between decision-makers and external evaluators.
E. Some managers who chose to prioritize profits believed that their decision was the only ethically justifiable option in the given circumstances.
- This choice reflects a possible belief of the managers but is not necessary for the argument about differing perceptions of ethicality.
Therefore, (A) is the correct answer as it captures the key assumption that underlies the argument's suggestion of a discrepancy in ethical perceptions based on one's role or position.
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(A) Some of the managers who chose to prioritize profits would consider it unethical if they were not in a decision-making position.
Clearly (A) using assumption negation.
(B) The most ethical decision in the given scenario would have been to prioritize employee well-being over increasing company profits.
Most is too strong a word so eliminate
(C) There were employees affected by such managerial decisions who felt that prioritizing profits over their well-being was unethical.
Not an assumption
(D) The group evaluating the ethicality of the decisions had a more impartial stance on ethics compared to the company managers.
Not an assumption
(E) Some managers who chose to prioritize profits believed that their decision was the only ethically justifiable option in the given circumstances.
Not an assumption.
Clearly (A) using assumption negation.
(B) The most ethical decision in the given scenario would have been to prioritize employee well-being over increasing company profits.
Most is too strong a word so eliminate
(C) There were employees affected by such managerial decisions who felt that prioritizing profits over their well-being was unethical.
Not an assumption
(D) The group evaluating the ethicality of the decisions had a more impartial stance on ethics compared to the company managers.
Not an assumption
(E) Some managers who chose to prioritize profits believed that their decision was the only ethically justifiable option in the given circumstances.
Not an assumption.
