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Think about the business decision you discussed (SEE ATTACHED DOC). Your supervisor had asked that you expand on your self-evaluation by identifying at least two judgment issues that you had to address. Write a memo to your supervisor describing these issues. Explain how you addressed them and the degree to which your decision was based on expedience and/or reflection. Potential issues include: bias, or ethical issues related to the availability heuristic, bias related to the representative heuristic, bias related to anchoring and adjustment, avoiding uncertainty, framing effects, positive illusions, egocentrism, and regret avoidance.

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Referring to the business decision example, this solution identifies at least two judgment issues that were addressed and the degree to which the decision was based on expedience and/or reflection. Potential issues include: bias, or ethical issues related to the availability heuristic, bias related to the representative heuristic, bias related to anchoring and adjustment, avoiding uncertainty, framing effects, positive illusions, egocentrism, and regret avoidance.

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Think about the business decision you discussed (SEE ATTACHED DOC). Your supervisor had asked that you expand on your self-evaluation by identifying at least two judgment issues that you had to address. Write a memo to your supervisor describing these issues. Explain how you addressed them and the degree to which your decision was based on expedience (e.g. decisions based on self-interest, which are more likely related to the biases listed below) and/or reflection (e.g. step-by-step decision making process, which Is less likely to be influenced by biases because a person brainstorms many ideas, looks at the pros and cons, and this lengthy process has the potential to illuminate biases based on self interest). Potential issues include: bias, or ethical issues related to the availability heuristic, bias related to the representative heuristic, bias related to anchoring and adjustment, avoiding uncertainty, framing ...

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