What Is the Ethical Issue in the Rite Aid Inventory

question 16

Multiple Choice

What is the ethical issue in the Rite Aid Inventory Surplus Fraud case?

• A) The surplus inventory sales and kickback involved collusion between two officers of the company. When Foster wanted to stop the scheme, he was blackmailed in continuing the fraud.
• B) Rite-Aid had a comprehensive corporate governance system that complied with all the requirements of Sarbanes-Oxley.
• C) The internal auditor found and blew the whistle on the surplus inventory sales and kickback cover-up.
• D) Vice Presidents of the company were involved in a material, nine year surplus inventory sales and kickback scheme.

Analyze and apply the criteria for determining the enforceability of liquidated damages provisions.

Examine the enforcement of contract provisions limiting consequential damages, with a focus on consumer goods.

Identify the remedies available to sellers and buyers under the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) when a contract breach occurs.

Understand the statutes of limitation for contracts for the sale of goods under the UCC.

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