When the marketing department exceeded its allocated budget by 20 percent, management blamed it on the marketing director even though management had drastically cut the department's budget midway through the year. In this example, the marketing director is
A) a scapegoat.
B) an innocent bystander.
C) a snitch.
D) a puppet.

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The marketing director is being made a scapegoat for the budget over-expenditure even though management had cut the department's budget mid-year, which makes the blame unjustified.

When the Marketing Department Exceeded Its Allocated Budget by 20