The beliefs, philosophies, and norms that a company explicitly states are espoused values.
Espoused values are values expressed on behalf of the organization or attributed to it by its senior management in public statements such as annual reports.
Espoused Values represent how people in the organization believe things should be. They are what they say is important and meaningful to them. Shared Basic Assumptions are the most profound and most hidden level of beliefs and values that are so commonplace that no one ever talks about them.
Hence, the correct answer is "D".
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