Ethics Lawrence Gaffney was the president and general manager of Ideal Tape Company (Ideal). Ideal, which was a subsidiary of Ch
elsea Industries, Inc. (Chelsea), was engaged in the business of manufacturing pressuresensitive tape. Gaffney recruited three other Ideal executives to join him in starting a tape manufacturing business. The four men remained at Ideal for the two years it took them to plan the new enterprise. During this time, they used their positions at Ideal to travel around the country to gather business ideas, recruit potential customers, and purchase equipment for their business. At no time did they reveal to Chelsea their intention to open a competing business. The new business was incorporated as Action Manufacturing Company (Action). When executives at Chelsea discovered the existence of the new venture, Gaffney and the others resigned from Chelsea. Chelsea sued Gaffney and the others to recover damages. Chelsea Industries, Inc. v. Gaffney, 389 Mass. 1, 449 N.E.2d 320, Web 1983 Mass. Lexis 1413 (Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts) 1. What is the fiduciary duty of loyalty?
2. Did Gaffney act ethically in this case?
3. Did Gaffney and his partners breach their fiduciary duty of loyalty?
1. The two main duties of company directors and top managers are the duty of care and the fiduciary duty of loyalty. The fiduciary duty of loyalty requires that managers act in the best economic interest of the company without engaging in activities that give rise to personal economic conflict.
2. Gaffney did not act ethically in this case. He did not avoid conflict of interest as an officer of Chelsea Corporation.
3. Gaffney and his partners clearly breached their fiduciary duty of loyalty. Within the two years of their employment at Ideal Tape Company, they acted in their personal interest. They were using company resources to conduct researches, setting up a rival company to compete with Ideal.
Explanation:
When a fiduciary duty of loyalty is breached, the corporation can damages. The court will usually base the damages on the salaries of the officer who breached his fiduciary duty within the application period.
The correct answer to the following question will be Option C (Achievement-oriented leadership).
Explanation:
The Path-Goal model is indeed a concept based on clarifying the style or activity of a leader that best suits the individual and the working conditions to reach a goal
The achievement-oriented leader approach applies to circumstances in which the leader sets demanding workplace goals, requires them to operate at their highest possible level, and expresses control over their own lives to fulfill those standards.
Currently Rainbow's stocks are priced at $36 per stock.
If the holder can convert his $1,100 bond into 25 stocks, that means that each stock should be worth at least $44 (= $1,100 / 25).
So the current stock price should increase by $8 (= $44 - $36) in order for a trade to be attractive, $8 represents a 22.22% increase (= ($8 / $36) x 100)
Nita’s demand for Coca-Cola will be relatively more inelastic i.e his demand will not be sensitive to price. Increasing the price of Coca-cola will not make Nita to change its taste because he is a devoted Coca-Cola consumer.
Becky’s demand will be relatively more elastic because he has an option to choose between Pepsi and Coca-cola.
Any increase in price of Coca-cola will make Becky to shift to Pepsi.
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