A businessman accidentally spills his drink all over the expensive clothes of his supervisor. She is annoyed and angry. Who is responsible for restoring social order in this case? How might he go about doing this?

What will be an ideal response?


He is responsible for restoring social order in this situation. One way that he might do this is to directly apologize for his behavior and offer to pay for her clothes to be dry-cleaned.

Sociology

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