The community leaders in a lesser-developed country decide not to tell the citizens of a small village about a chemical spill at a major industrial facility that could produce harmful effects. Which of the following principles are they violating?
1. Policy
2. Advocacy
3. Caring
4. Virtue
2
Advocacy requires that the community be properly informed, and this was violated in the above scenario.
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