Question

1. RI.2 PART A: Which TWO sentences best identify the author’s main claims about resilience? A. Resilience is usually possessed by people or organizations with an understanding and commitment to good. B. While certain regulations and practices encourage resilience in companies, it also stifles creative thought. C. Resilience is a survival tactic that is born out of life-threatening situations and not something that a person can learn. D. Resilience involves approaching reality bravely and with a sense of possibility, as well as finding meaning in the challenges one encounters. E. Companies with strong value systems are more likely to be resilient and survive the hardships they may encounter along the way. F. Resilience is an important skill to possess, however, it encourages a pessimistic view of the world that decreases a person’s overall happiness.

Answer 1

Answer:

D. Resilience involves approaching reality bravely and with a sense of possibility, as well as finding meaning in the challenges one encounters.

E. Companies with strong value systems are more likely to be resilient and survive the hardships they may encounter along the way.

Explanation:

How Resilience Workds by Diane Coutu talks about how resilience has shown to be an important chracteristic socially, but also for surviving or living through life. Being resilient means being able to make sense of events, whether good or bad, and finding meaning to it to understand what needs to be done to get through them.

Values also plays a pivotal role in resilience because it serves as the "meaning" to the environment they are living in. Companies with strong value systems gives meaning to the work place which helps employees understand how and why they operate the way that they do.