Brigham Concise 4th Edition
Chapter 1: An Overview of Financial Management
1. Which of the following are among the three main areas of finance?
a. financial institutions
b. investments
c. financial management
d. all of the above are correct
e. none of the above are correct
d. Correct.
2. The globalization of business and the increased use of information technology are the two key trends in financial management today.
a. True
b. False
a. True
3. Which of the following could explain why a business might choose to organize as a corporation rather than as a sole proprietorship or a partnership?
a. Corporations generally face fewer regulations.
b. Corporations generally face lower taxes.
c. Corporations
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b. Correct
18. Most firms today have in place strong codes of ethical behavior, yet there are no obvious answers for many of the ethical questions facing many companies.
a. True
b. False
a. True.
19. Socially responsible actions that increase costs may have to be put on a mandatory basis.
a. True
b. False
a. True.
20. An agency relationship arises whenever one or more individuals hire another individual or organization to perform some service and delegate decision-making authority to that agent.
a. True
b. False.
a. True.
21. In financial management the primary agency relationships are those between:
a. stockholders and managers
b. managers and debtholders
c. managers with similar levels of authority within the firm
d. a and b
e. a, b, and c
d. Correct
22. Which of the following work to reduce agency conflicts between stockholders and bondholders?
a. Including restrictive covenants in the company’s bond contract.
b. Providing managers with a large number of stock options.
c. The passage of laws that make it easier for companies to resist hostile takeovers.
d. All of the statements above are correct.
a. Correct
23. Which of the following actions are likely to reduce agency conflicts between stockholders and managers?
a. Paying managers a large fixed salary.
b. Increasing the threat of corporate takeover.
c. Placing restrictive covenants in debt agreements.
d. All of the statements above are correct.
b. Correct
24. The
11. According to Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, which of the following is not a reason to allow corporations the right to spend money and advertise for political candidates?
It is important to regulate the interactions among directors, officers, and shareholders within a corporation in order to prevent security fraud.
Unfortunately, the creation of SOX and a code of ethics in no way guarantee’s that everyone will follow the rules; people will always find a way to circumvent the system or misrepresent the code’s intentions. Even the most robust ethics program needs constant oversight to remain effective. The pressure to increase profits and market share can lead executives to push the boundaries of ethical business behavior. Despite the passage of SOX, some of the largest and most well-established companies are currently crossing those boundaries.
Every business develops a set of ethical principles that they abide by. The business ethical principles intentions: it construct the business certainty in the community , maintain the employees liveried in what the business attempt to have as structural conducts and aid the employees consume principles to make ethical choices that guards the business. In a culture with a diverse assessment structure and augmented judgment visibly by companies with changeable ethics and interests, there appears to be further difficulties on business individuals to make tougher ethical assessments. In our day-to-day performances, we depend on on our ethical principles to monitor us in the correct path and do the correct things. The substance of any efficacious and perpetual business is they segment a mutual ethical matter concentrating on presenting and generating value along with allocating their business values with the citizens they network with on a day-to-day basis.
8. The replaceable rules built into the Corporations Act deal with which of the following?
2. Explain at least two (2) reasons why a business owner might opt to become a partnership over a corporation. Provide support for your rationale. According to Eric Feigenbaum of Demand Media, gives
A firm that seeks to maximize its revenue is most likely to adhere to which of the
A. An increase in the rate of business formation tends to be accompanied by an increase in the
a. Do you think that either the acquisition of a foreign firm or licensing will result in greater growth for an MNC? Which alternative is likely to have more risk?
While each business has a unique culture, environment, and business structure leading to the success of the company, there is always an ethical way of conducting business. We live in a domain where change is the only constant; new businesses are being created, businesses are expanding, growing in monetary value and stakeholder integration, and currently lead the success of a thriving economy. The businesses that stand apart from competitors
Today’s business world presents numerous ethical issues. In today’s world above board/moral ethics in organizations do not often materialize intuitively. Organization must strive to provide employees with a clear understanding of the overall company vision. This will aid employees in practicing the code of ethics, policies and procedures in the workplace. Companies must be unwavering in continuously delivering the uppermost ethics of provision in which customers, applicants and employees are entitled to under fair business practices. One major core value is to uphold responsible and fair business practices.
Conflicts between stockholders and creditors Conflict between shareholders and creditors is common for the company which use debt capital to form an optimum capital structure. As mentioned earlier, agency relation exist when one party works as an agent of the principal. In an organization management
Every organization also has a profession responsibility to conduct business honestly and ethically. Our readings reported, “Experts estimated that U.S. companies lose about $600 billion a year from unethical and criminal behavior” Kinicki and Kreitner (2009). The organization could avoid having ethical issues by meeting the
3. Should business, accounting firms, and other organizations explicitly reward ethical behavior by their employees and executives?
Analyse the pecking order and the trade-off theories of capital structure and assess the extent to which these are supported by the empirical evidence.