The Defence of Due Diligence

question 2

Multiple Choice

The defence of due diligence

• A)applies only to a mens rea crime.
• B)applies only to an absolute liability crime.
• C)applies if a shareholder brings an action against a corporate director for relief under the oppression remedy.
• D)is the only defence to a derivative action.
• E)is available to a corporation, in certain circumstances, if the person with managerial responsibility for the area of the corporation's activities in which a strict liability offence was committed acted reasonably in the circumstances with a view to preventing the offence.

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Definitions:

Point Estimate

A single value (or point) derived from a sample that is used to estimate a population parameter.

Sample Mean

The average value calculated from a sample of data, representing the central tendency.

Population Mean

The average value of all the data points in a population, representing the central tendency of the dataset.

Stratified Sampling

A sampling method that divides the population into smaller groups, or strata, based on shared attributes or characteristics before sampling to ensure a more representative sample.