Question

Anna Jonas owns a manufacturing firm in Indonesia and strongly believes that it is important that workers' rights be respected. However, because of the recent economic meltdown, she makes the management pay workers a wage which is below ethical standards. In addition, the working conditions are below standards because of low investment in safety equipment. She knows her actions are unethical but continues to do so to avoid major losses. Jonas is most likely to be experiencing ___________.

A) cognitive dissonanceB) emotional contagionC) ethical evasionD) self-concordanceE) positivity offset

Answer 1

Answer: COGNITIVE DISSONANCE

Explanation: Cognitive dissonance refers to a mental state in which a person holds two or more values or beliefs that are contradicting with each other. Such individuals changes their values according to the situation.

In the given case, Anna Jonas strongly believes that rights of workers should be supported but when her firm got into distress she herself violated them.

Hence from the above we can conclude that she is most likely be experiencing cognitive dissonance.