Nikolai knows that what his boss has asked him to do is not in the best interest of the company. He also knows that if he does not do what he was asked to do, he will be written up and put on disciplinary action. He decides instead to do what his boss wants, just slower than his boss may have liked. Nikolai is using the principle of

If all fails, slow the spread of bad practice.

Explanation:

Ethics is defined as guiding principles that an individual uses to define right and wrong. An ethical person has principles and moral standards.

In this case Nikolai is asked to do something the is unethical, though he knows it is wrong and not in the best interest of the company he has to do it.

His boss will take disciplinary action against him if he does not comply.

The next best option is to use the strategy of if all fails, slow the spread of bad practice.

The options:

A) no brag, just the facts.

B) like everything else, you will need to sell it.

C) evidence-based management is not just for senior executives.

D) if all else fails, slow the spread of bad practice.

E) treat your organization as an unfinished prototype

The correct answer is letter D)

if all else fails, slow the spread of bad practice.

Explanation:

Evidence-based management is a means for decisions to be done in a critical thinking way.

It obey the given principles:

Consider your organization as a work in progress prototype;

not being exaggerating or virtual, just facts;

View yourself and the enterprise as outsiders will;

It is not restricted to senior colleagues;

Offer evidenced‐based management;

If no result, reduce the flow of bad practices; and asking the cause when people couldn't achieve the target?

In such cases, the "if all else fails, slow the spread of bad practices" is employed when the result of an activity trends to be negative but stands for a command majorly offered in a principal-agent relationship.

It is therefore necessary for the agent to act as told and reduced activity operation to the requested info and to reduce the chances of an abrupt reaction.

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