Illegal gratuity refers to an agreement to exchange something of value for an official act.

In terms of communication strategy, in highly developed countries such as the United States:

A. noise is extremely high. B. source effects are always positive. C. country of origin effects are not applicable. D. cultural barriers do not exist. E. pull strategies are more important than push strategies.

Business and political leaders use ________ such as rates of interest or unemployment to measure and monitor economic performance

A) economic indicators B) social indexes C) sustainability rates D) cost-of-living increases E) monetary paradigms