Question

An office has a "coffee fund," an old coffee can where people can toss change anytime they pour a cup of coffee. The fund can be used to buy new coffee for the office when the supply runs out. However, one individual always takes coffee and never puts any money in the fund, making him a: A. free rider. B. resource mobilizer. C. prisoner. D. dilemma.

Answer 1

A

Step-by-step explanation:

A free rider is a person who benefits from a good or service (in this case, coffee) without paying it. In most cases, free riders benefit from public goods and coffee is, in some way, a public good in the office because everybody who works there can have a cup of it.

Other people in the office is not a free rider because they toss change when they pour a cup of coffee, then they are contributing their fair share.