Megan is a graduate student pursuing a course in business. presented with the case of a company's unethical behavior, megan wonders if the company's board of directors should ask the ceo to step down. having a strong belief in michael porter's idea of value creation, megan is most likely to conclude that company's board of directors

a. should not ask the ceo to step down because doing so would cause a profit dip that would affect its shareholders.
b. should ask the ceo to step down because agents, unlike principals, are disposable.
c. should ask the ceo to step down because it has a greater obligation toward society.
d. should not ask the ceo to step down because he was responsible for an almost 90 percent appreciation of the company's stock.

Amanufacturing firm is considering overhauling the existing compensation strategy. currently every front line employee who works on the assembly line earns the same hourly wage. ideally, management would like to institute a new pay system that involves pay-for-performance. which of the following recommendations is both consistent with scientific management's general emphases and generally good advice for management of this firma. the firm should adopt a differential pay system with one pay level for average performance, and a higher level for good performance. b. the firm should adopt a differential pay system, but the firm should modify it from its original design and provide many different levels of pay associated with different performance levels. c. the firm should understand worker psychology and to focus on pay as the key motivator. d. all of the abovee. none of the above