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) evidence that the meeting has employees who hold countercultural values.
B) an adaptive culture in the company.
C) a ritual that probably symbolizes the organization's dominant culture.
D) a form of deculturation that eventually undermines the organization's dominant culture.
E) that the company's espoused values differs from its enacted values.