Question $13($Mandatory$)(5$ points$)$

In the effort to find a solution to the problem of widespread corporate misconduct, which of the following is part of the rational case for optimism?

Widespread corporate misconduct is not a thing.

There is no rational case to be made for optimism.

The data reveal that corporations are on the decline, whereas small$-$to$-$medium sized privately$-$owned businesses are on the rise.

Despite being only decades old, the field of business ethics is steadily growing and receiving greater centrality in the business world $($in business education, among business leaders, in business operations, and in the law$).$