Wurst & Wurst Is the Accounting Firm That Has Been

question 44

Essay

Wurst & Wurst is the accounting firm that has been used by the Intercontinental Bank for over twenty years.Ben approached Alfred,a Wurst partner,at a cocktail party.Ben asked about the Bank's stability.Although Alfred knew that the bank's stock was overvalued because of some loans to third world countries,he felt a considerable amount of loyalty to the bank for being a good customer of his accounting firm.Alfred told Ben that Wurst had just finished an audit of the bank,and that the bank was as sound as the Rock of Gibraltar.The next day Ben bought 1,000 shares of Intercontinental.One month later,the bank's losses became the subject of a major financial scandal.Ben is angry and wants to sue.Does Ben have a case?

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Definitions:

Unconditioned Response

An automatic, unlearned reaction to a stimulus, such as salivating when smelling food.

Unconditioned Stimulus

A stimulus that naturally and automatically triggers a response without the need for prior learning.

Conditioned Stimulus

A previously neutral stimulus that, after becoming associated with the unconditioned stimulus, eventually comes to trigger a conditioned response on its own.

Conditioned Response

A learned response to a previously neutral stimulus that has been repeatedly presented along with an unconditioned stimulus.