A Top Executive at IBM Shared with His Friends Some

question 11

Multiple Choice

A top executive at IBM shared with his friends some "inside" information that allowed them to engage in very profitable stock trading.He testified in court that he did not personally profit from these actions and served a very short prison term.His career was ruined.This story illustrates​

• A) ​low moral intelligence.
• B) personal gain over occupational success.​
• C) insider trading is widespread.​
• D) occupational success over personal gain.​

---

Definitions:

Polar, Aprotic Solvents

Solvents that possess a dipole but do not have an acidic hydrogen, often used in organic synthesis.

Nucleophilicity

A property of chemical species that reflects their tendency or ability to donate an electron pair to an electrophile to form a chemical bond.

Basicity

A measure of the ability of a compound to accept protons.

Nucleophilicity

A measure of a molecule or ion's strength as a nucleophile, or its ability to donate an electron pair to an electrophile.