Aaron Dias was working on the last shift for the day at All Needs, a retail store owned by an Asian man, when he opened the cash register and stole some money thinking that nobody would witness him stealing. However, one of the customer attendants watched him steal the money and reported it to the manager the next day, following which Aaron was terminated. Subsequently, the manager became extremely strict with all his Caucasian employees and was often heard abusing them saying "you guys are all the same." This scenario depicts ________.
A) social loafing
B) in-group favoritism
C) groupthink
D) contrast bias
E) social exchange

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This scenario depicts in-group favoritism, as the Asian owner favored his own ethnic group over the Caucasian employees and became extremely strict with them after the theft incident.

Aaron Dias Was Working on the Last Shift for the Day