Jessica is a recent graduate. She begins her first job at a publishing house as a trainee editor. Jessica's manager is a highly authoritative person who closely monitors her performance. Jessica believes that if she obeys her manager's instructions, she can avoid harmful personal consequences. In the context of ethics, Jessica is at the of moral development. a. conventional levelb. post-conventional levelc. principled leveld. pre-conventional level

(D) Pre-conventional level  

Explanation:

In the moral development theory, the pre-conventional is one of the stage that helps in evaluating the different types of actions on the basis of the material consequences.

The pre- conventional is refers to the morality which focuses on the various types of external consequences on the certain actions.

According to the question, Jessica is the trainee editor in the publishing house and she follows her manager instruction for avoiding all the negative consequences.

Therefore, Jessica is in the pre-conventional level stage.          

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