For each example in the following table, choose whether it belongs in the general, task, or internal environment.

Example

Environment

Increased regulation of banks and mortgage lenders regarding the loans they issue

Auditors from the Internal Revenue Service $($IRS$)$ sent to review a company's tax

records

A reminder to employees that business$-$casual attire is permitted only on Fridays

A worldwide recession

High job satisfaction ratings from current employees

Management in the News

The April $2010$ explosion of British Petroleum's $($BP$)$ Deepwater Horizon oil$-$drilling rig, and the accompanying oil spill, dramatically changed the

external environment in which all oil companies operate. The explosion released more oil than any other accidental spill in history and had a

huge impact on the waters and surrounding communities of the Gulf Coast. The conditions that led to the spill, the attempts to stop the spill, and

the cleanup and aftermath of the spill prompted debates in the United States Senate, concern on Wall Street, and attention from companies

throughout the world.

Match each event in the following table with a specific dimension of the general environment.

Event

General Environment Dimension

Courts setting a precedent that $80\%$ of civil penalties paid in connection with the oil

spill be used for economic and environmental activities benefiting the Gulf Coast

Nervousness of investors about putting money into energy company stocks

Identifying new ways to measure the pressure with which oil was flowing from the

deep$-$sea wellEvent

Other oil companies increasing their market share while BP focused its resources on

addressing the oil spill

BP$\text{'}$s offering biofuels, such as ethanol$-$gasoline blends, at its service stations

A potential BP vendor documenting that it meets BP$\text{'}$s environmental and ethical

standards

BP and state employment agencies training individuals to monitor the Gulf Coast

beaches and be activated for environmental cleanup as needed

Protestors, who belong to a special interest group, outside BP service stations,

bringing attention to the oil spill's effects on wildlife