At Meetings of a Major Consumer Products Firm, Employees Habitually

At meetings of a major consumer products firm, employees habitually stand up when the most senior executive at the meeting enters the room. This practice represents:

A) a ritual that probably symbolizes the organization's dominant culture.
B) a form of blind subservience to senior management.
C) evidence that the meeting has employees who hold countercultural values.
D) evidence that the company's espoused values differ from its enacted values.
E) evidence that the company has an adaptive culture.