According to Beder (1999), one of the risks of community consultation in the public relations context is that
A) it opens the organisation to criticism before the event.
B) it is merely a PR exercise not aimed at fostering genuine participation in decision making.
C) it communicates risk too overtly.
D) it loses control over its own decision-making processes.

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Beder (1999) criticizes community consultation in the PR context as often being a mere PR exercise that is not aimed at fostering genuine participation in decision making. Therefore, option B is the correct answer as it identifies the risk mentioned by Beder. Options A, C, and D are incorrect as they do not reflect the specific risk Beder highlights.

According to Beder (1999), One of the Risks of Community