LeAnn Rimes, a Country Western Singer, Signed a Contract at Age

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LeAnn Rimes, a country western singer, signed a contract at age 12 with Curb Records. Curb Records is owned by Mike Curb, a long-standing presence in the music industry who began his career with a group known as The Mike Curb Congregation. Under the terms of that contract as it originally existed, and as it was signed by Ms. Rimes' guardians, Ms. Rimes would have been 35 before she had delivered the 21 albums required under the agreement. "At 12, I ­didn't understand everything in my contract. All I know is that I really wanted to sing," was the explanation Ms. Rimes offered when she later testified before the California Senate Select Committee on the Entertainment Industry looking into the labor issues surrounding long-term album requirements contracts. Which of the following would apply to Curb Records' conduct with regard to Ms. Rimes?

• A) Taking unfair advantage
• B) Conflict of interest
• C) There is no ethical dilemma because Ms. Rimes' guardians were involved
• D) Taking something that does not belong to you

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