In the 1960s,Coca-Cola Executives in Atlanta Learned That a Bottler

In the 1960s,Coca-Cola executives in Atlanta learned that a bottler in the Colombian jungle was bottling pirated Coke in dumped bottles.Since the soft-drink company was at that time expanding globally and building its reputation on exacting production standards,Coca-Cola decided it had to bring some sort of legal action against the unauthorized bottler,ignore it,or buy it.In which stage of the rational decision-making process would this decision have been made?

A) problem definition
B) criteria weighting
C) generation of alternative courses of action
D) identification of decision criteria