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Discussion Assignment

IMC’s Board of Directors

You
have been elected to Investment Management Corporation’s (IMC) board of
directors. The board consists of five members. Recently, by a vote of
four in favor and one opposed (you were the one opposed), the board
voted to give annual college scholarships in the amount of $100,000 to
local students. Last year, IMC made a profit of $2 million dollars, but
the board did not vote to give shareholders dividends. You are concerned
that some of the other board members have violated the business
judgment rule in making their decision, based on the following
additional facts about the four board members who voted in favor of the
annual scholarships:

1. Peter,
   who works as a guidance counselor, is newly elected to the board and
   has only been on the board for one month. Peter has made a cursory
   review of corporate records. Peter is very good friends with the CEO,
   who recommended in favor of the vote. Peter also has two children, ages
   16 and 17.
2. Paul,
   an advertising executive, is a very busy man and attends about four
   meetings a year. The board meets every month. Paul has been on the board
   for 10 years and stays in touch with the CEO whenever he is out of
   town.
3. Mary,
   a CPA, has been a board member for three years. Mary just returned from
   a trip to Europe. After two hours of sleep, Mary reviewed all corporate
   records before voting.
4. Janice,
   a retired high school teacher, serves on many corporate boards of
   directors. Some of the corporations are competitors of IMC.

Instructions:

• For
  your initial response, prepare an argument against one or more of the
  board members, suggesting that the member(s) has (have) violated the
  business judgment rule.
• Be
  sure to discuss the member’s fiduciary duties and explain which duty or
  duties the member(s) may have violated and explain why
• Include any assumptions you have made.
• Post replies to at least two other students.
• You can politely agree or disagree.
• You must include new information in your replies to further the discussion.
• Doing more than the minimum will enhance your grade.
• All posts are to be substantial, incorporate course concepts, and relate to the discussion issue.
• You might also want to conduct some independent research to enhance your posts.

Submission Details:

• Post your initial response (250-300 words)

(The discussion Assignment is due tomorrow at 11:59pm ET so start on this first)

Peer Responses

(Respond to each of the two students. Use 150-200 words when responding to students, Start off with (“hello Name”).

*(The students haven’t posted their Discussion posts yet but when they do I will give them to you so you can respond to them)

Lexis Nexis Assignment

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

The
purpose of this problem assignment is for you to become familiar with
how to use the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) website to
investigate information on various publicly traded corporations and to
use the LexisNexis database to explore statutory law pertaining to
corporations in the state you selected in the Week 2 LexisNexis
Assignment. The SEC website is also useful for exploring companies you
may want to invest in. You will be preparing a brief report consisting
of two sections.

*The Instructions and the assignment matrix are attached below

*(This Assignment is important so If you can’t guarantee quality work then don’t bid. if instructions are not followed then the assignment will be refunded.)