A group of volunteers from a top corporation participate in a volunteer program to rebuild a local playground.Among the 20 people that show up to help rebuild the playground,there are two individuals that just talk to each other and,unlike the rest of the people,do not do any work.At the end of the day,the entire group takes credit for the renovated project.How do you best describe this situation with the volunteer program to rebuild a local playground?

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The situation described is an example of free riding, where two individuals do not contribute to the project but still take credit for it at the end. This imposes a cost on other members of the group who actually put in effort to rebuild the playground. While the incentive to help others may have been high, the behavior of the two individuals undermines the collective effort of the group. Therefore, option A is not the best choice. Option C is also close, but it is not clear from the description what exactly the external cost is. Option D is not correct since there is a clear issue of free riding in this scenario.

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