If you use the argument, "it's their own fault" when people get hurt or are victimized by bad corporate decisions, you are prescribing to which of these moral disengagements?
A) Diffusion of responsibility
B) Moral justification
C) Attribution of blame
D) Displacement of responsibility

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Attribution of blame involves placing the responsibility for a negative outcome on the victims themselves, suggesting that they are at fault for their own misfortune. This is exactly what the argument "it's their own fault" does, by implying that the victims are to blame for being hurt or victimized by bad corporate decisions.

If You Use the Argument, "It's Their Own Fault" When