Question

A student who never considers breaking into an instructor's office to steal an accounting exam didn't think twice about asking a friend who took the same course from the same instructor last semester what questions were on the exam. What does this example illustrate?

Answer 1

Answer:

This example illustrates the concept of issue intensity.

Explanation:

Issue intensity is a term used to describe a situation in which an individual perceives the relevance and ethical gravity of performing an action and decides to make another decision that will help him or her, but will not hurt his or her ethical and moral values. An example of this can be seen in the question above, where a student understands that it is a violation of ethics to break into an instructor's office to steal an exam, so this idea never crosses his mind, and he prefers to ask another student how is the exam.