Yes indeed, Im sure they are
Identity is a set of acttitudes and characteristics that differentiate us from other people, identity begins to form inside the family nucleus and is determined mainly by the environment in which the individual develops, then adolescence shows up and society comes into play, there we adopt other values and even modify some of our own, the society in which we develop will tell us which values are more accepted than others, but when we reach adulthood, we are a little more capable of determining what we accept and what we don´t, but our identity has already formed.
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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