Read the sentence.Employers have been actively brainstorming ways to reduce stress, as it has caused employees to leave their professions at high rates.

The sentence says stress has led employees to leave their professions at high rates, so it presents excessive stress as harmful in the workplace. Choice C, “Excessive stress has a negative role in the workplace,” captures that idea. The sentence does not claim that employers always cause stress or explain that stress depends on employees’ perceptions.

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