Tom and Cindy devise a plan for their company that will force their suppliers to sell to them significantly below standard prices. Under their plan, the suppliers will be powerless to refuse, and the company stands to save millions of dollars. When they propose the plan to their manager, Jack, however, he is skeptical about the sustainability of such a plan and reluctant to act on it. If other companies were to also put such a plan in place, it would be detrimental to the entire industry. Jack's reasoning is based on

a. corporate citizenship.

b. Kant's categorical imperative.

c. the moral minimum.

d. the principle of rights.