Directors and Officers Whose Failure to Exercise Due Care Results

question 14

True/False

Directors and officers whose failure to exercise due care results in harm to the corporation or the shareholders can be held liable for negligence unless the business judgment rule applies.

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Definitions:

Accounts Receivable Turnover

A financial metric that measures how effectively a company collects debts from its customers over a period, indicating the efficiency of credit policies and collection efforts.

Net Credit Sales

The net sales of a company, calculated by subtracting returns, discounts, and allowances for damaged or missing merchandise from the total sales.

Ending Balance

The difference between footings in a T account.

Asset Turnover Ratio

A ratio that indicates how efficiently a company uses its assets to generate sales and thus helps measure the overall efficiency of the company.