A car dealership decides to give a monthly prize to the salesperson who makes the most sales during a month, in the hopes of making more money by making more sales. One salesman reacts by getting another salesman to give him credit for cars sold by the other man, in order to come in first in the contest. This behavior can best be characterized as
A) Acting to modify the measurement system before it goes into effect
B) Doing what is desired in response to being measured
C) Doing what looks good on the measurement system, even though it was not what was actually desired
D) Lying
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