Unhealthy company cultures typically have such characteristics as ________.

Question

A. tight budget controls, overly strict enforcement of longstanding policies and procedures, and low ethical standards.
B. a preference for conservative strategies, an aversion to incentive compensation, and excessive emphasis on profitability.
C. a politicized internal environment, hostility to change, an insular, inwardly focused culture, and unethical or greed-driven behavior on the part of executives.
D. overemphasis on employee empowerment, a complacent approach to building competencies and capabilities, no coherent business philosophy, and excessively bureaucratic policies and procedures.
E. too little emphasis on innovation, a strong preference for hiring managers from outside the company, very few core values and traditions, and a weakly enforced code of ethics.

Answer 1

C. a politicized internal environment, hostility to change, an insular, inwardly focused culture, and unethical or greed-driven behavior on the part of executives.