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 dissonance
B) emotional contagion
C) ethical evasion
D) self-concordance
E) positivity offset

A
Explanation: A) There is a contradiction in what Anna Jonas is feeling and the situation in which she finds herself. She is experiencing cognitive dissonance, which may be defined as incompatibility an individual might perceive between two or more attitudes or between behavior and attitudes.