Author Question: Joe's boss, Jessica, catches him taking money from the office coffee fund. Joe explains he was not ... (Read 54 times)

audragclark · **on:** Jul 1, 2018

Joe's boss, Jessica, catches him taking money from the office coffee fund. Joe explains he was not stealing, but rather getting what was owed him. He argues that Jessica not only charges a dollar for a cup of coffee costing only thirty cents, but also uses the company's napkins without paying for them. Which technique of neutralization is Joe using?

a. denial of responsibility
b. denial of victim
c. condemnation of the authorities
d. appeal to group loyalties

Question 2

In a study that involved showing respondents 3 hypothetical distributions of wealth, most people believed the top 20 percent should have percent of all wealth.

a. 84
b. 36
c. 20
d. 10