When Olga took over as facilities manager for Burlington Furniture Manufacturing, she was shocked to see the factory was still heated with a coal-fired boiler. She made an immediate decision to upgrade the heating system to something more efficient, and began to research available options. For Olga and Burlington Furniture, this represented a(n) situation.

John recently received his semester grades and found that he had failed two courses. he says the reason he failed the two courses is that they were taught by female professors. john believes that women are really not smart enough to teach at the college level. in this example, the female professors are a) spacegoats and being blamed for john's grades b) being discriminatory toward john c) probably not smart enough to teach in a college d) prejudiced against john because he is male