During a Job Interview, Brett Is Asked About a Recall

Multiple Choice

During a job interview, Brett is asked about a recall of contaminated food that took place at his firm. Brett uses the justification tactic in impression management when he explains,

A) "You are reacting to media reports. The real recall was much worse."
B) "Only two children actually got sick enough to be hospitalized because of the contaminated food."
C) "The problem seemed to be that some jerk put insecticide instead of seasoning into the food."
D) "A lot of the people who were poisoned bought expired food from discount stores."