Which of the Following Actions Would Be Most Likely to Reduce

question 60

Multiple Choice

Which of the following actions would be most likely to reduce potential conflicts of interest between stockholders and managers?

• A) Pay managers large cash salaries and give them no stock options.
• B) Change the corporation's formal documents to make it easier for outside investors to acquire a controlling interest in the firm through a hostile takeover.
• C) Beef up the restrictive covenants in the firm's debt agreements.
• D) Eliminate a requirement that members of the board of directors must hold a high percentage of their personal wealth in the firm's stock.
• E) For a firm that compensates managers with stock options,reduce the time before options are vested,i.e. ,the time before options can be exercised and the shares that are received can be sold.

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Definitions:

Magnetic Field

A region around a magnetic material or a moving electric charge within which the force of magnetism acts.

Law of Charges

A fundamental principle stating that like charges repel each other, while opposite charges attract each other.

Like Polarity

A situation in electrical systems where magnetic or electrical poles of the same kind face each other or are aligned.

Unlike Polarity

Refers to opposite electrical charges or magnetic poles that attract each other.