In the "Ethics" example in this chapter, Larry Whitten, a 63-year-old former Marine from Texas purchased a hotel in New Mexico to save it and the jobs of those who worked there

The major ethical issue dealt with Whitten's decision to require that all employees

a. lighten their skin and refrain from speaking Spanish.
b. refrain from speaking Spanish and pronounce their names in an "American" way.
c. wear Spanish costumes and speak only Spanish while at work.
d. submit to random drug testing based on his stereotype of Mexicans as drug dealers.


B

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What will be an ideal response?

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Liza finds herself disagreeing with the speaker who has come to talk to her class about why they should start buying more locally produced foods as she questions some of the sources he uses to support his ideas. Donna was most likely using what strategy to make her decision?

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When a speaker supports a claim with specific instances or examples she is utilizing ____ reasoning

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