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Responsible investments only contain stocks of publicly traded corporations.

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Corporate governance involves all of the following,except:

A) internalities
B) resources
C) monitoring and overseeing the strategic direction
D) overseeing the cultural and socio-economic contexts
E) constituencies of the institution

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Securities regulation shields top executives of publicly traded corporations from having to disclose their compensation.

Acts which may be considered unethical in terms of responsible investing criteria include all of the following,except:

Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC)-IIROC is the national self-regulatory organization that oversees all investment dealers and trading activity on debt and equity marketplaces in Canada.

Shareholders of an organization influence,and are influenced by,the actions of other stakeholders.

Is there a requirement insofar as the number of independent directors is concerned when forming a Board of Directors for a Canadian corporation? Explain.

Responsible investing refers to the screening of investment decisions for social or ethical measures,rather than economic measures.

The role of a board member is to monitor and evaluate the corporation's activities and performance.

An audit committee comprises members of the board of directors and oversees the internal and external accounting auditing function to ensure that financial statements accurately and appropriately represent the condition of the corporation and that regulated disclosures are made.

There are many influential stakeholders in a corporation,but corporations ultimately exist to serve the shareholders.

At an international level,the inclusion of stakeholders in the definition of corporate governance was an important step but has not been accepted by the OECD.

Passive shareholders are typically owners of a small amount of shares holdings.

WestJet,a major Canadian airline,features its employees on its television advertising using the tagline: "Why do WestJeters care so much? Because we're also WestJet owners." This model of corporate ownership is referred to as worker capitalism.

Private equity firms manage large pools of investment funds which come from large institutional investors rather than individual investors.

About 20 percent of the directors of Canada's largest corporations are women.

Which of the following terms describes the responsibilities toward owners?

Which of the following statements is not true regarding responsible investing?

Corporate governance is the processes,structures,and relationships through which the shareholders,as represented by a board of directors,oversee the activities of the corporation.

How does the creation of restricted shares contradict the tenant that ownership in a corporation implies control?