PetroChem, an International Energy Company with Offshore Oil Platforms Throughout

Multiple Choice

PetroChem, an international energy company with offshore oil platforms throughout the Caribbean, has introduced new technology that has led to the replacement of a number of local workers with experts from Europe and North America. This has resulted in protests from a group called Nuestro Mar, which claims to speak for the displaced workers. In response, PetroChem has just appointed the leader of Nuestro Mar to its board of directors, an example of

A) education and communication.
B) facilitation and support.
C) negotiation and rewards.
D) manipulation and cooptation.
E) explicit and implicit coercion.