A Conflict of Interest Is Corruption That Can Be Defined

question 21

Multiple Choice

A conflict of interest is corruption that can be defined as:

• A) Offering, giving, receiving or soliciting anything of value in order to influence an official act
• B) Corrupt employees demand payments from vendors for deciding in the vendors' favor
• C) Corrupt employees are rewarded for making favorable decisions
• D) The employee has an undisclosed economic or personal stake in a transaction that adversely affects the company

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Definitions:

Treynor Measure

A performance metric that evaluates the returns of an investment portfolio or fund relative to its market risk.

Standard Deviation

A statistical measure of the dispersion or variability of a set of data points or investment returns around the mean.

Beta

A quantification of the risk and fluctuations experienced by a security or portfolio when compared to the general market.

Treynor Measure

A performance metric for determining how well an investment compensates the investor for taking a particular level of risk, accounting for systematic risk.