At a meeting in Palmis Inc., the decision to launch a new product that prevents tooth decay was being debated. A product develop
ment specialist said "What a wonderful product! We have created a formulation that will help Americans protect their teeth. I don't know why those health critics are accusing us of introducing a potentially harmful product to the market. After all, our goal is to help people, not harm them. We want to do what is in the best interest of the public." Which of the following symptoms of groupthink does she demonstrate by this speech?
Groupthink is generally evident when the sense of the concept “we” in a group is strong, so people want to have always good terms with the group. The objective is to maintain the group in a harmonic way and the individual thoughts are usually sacrificed for groupthink.
There are different items to take into account when analyzing groupthink, one of them is belief in inherent morality of the group, this means that it is thought whatever the group decides to do is the right thing to do since everybody knows what is right and what is not, sometimes, this situation makes them ignore consequences on their decisions
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Tell her to wait until October to discuss plan choices with you so that you can share plan benefits for the current year as well as any changes for the following year that may impact her choice
