Question 4 (1 point) Which of the following situations most strongly represents an example of citizens demonstrating collective responsibility? During a severe snowstorm in an isolated community several local merchants agree to double the price for snow shovels and other snow-removal hardware. Citizens in a community set up a neighbourhood patrol to watch for and report any suspicious or criminal activity to authorities. In a small city garbage collection is turned over from city-operated trucks with city employees to a large corporation that promises to reduce collection costs. A gathering of citizens at a city hall meeting becomes unruly when groups on opposing sides of an issue begin shouting down each other's speakers.

The answer is **Citizens in a community set up a neighbourhood patrol to watch for and report any suspicious or criminal activity to authorities.**<br /><br />This demonstrates collective responsibility because the citizens are working together for the common good of their community's safety and security. They are taking shared ownership of a problem (crime prevention) and actively participating in a solution.<br /><br />The other options do not represent collective responsibility:<br /><br />* **Price gouging during a snowstorm:** This is the opposite of collective responsibility. The merchants are exploiting a community need for personal profit.<br />* **Privatizing garbage collection:** This is a decision about service delivery, but it doesn't necessarily reflect citizens actively working together.<br />* **Unruly city hall meeting:** While attending a meeting shows civic engagement, the disruptive behavior demonstrates a lack of collective responsibility for productive discourse.<br />