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BLS 211:Notes Fourteenth Class
BLS 211:Notes Fourteenth Class
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Business
Undergraduate 2
03/10/2016

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How can corporations be taxed?
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As a S-Corp or a C-Corp
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Which has easier taxation?
S-Corp or C-Corp?
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S-Corp
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What are the capital gains of corporations?
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Dividends
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What is the formal structure of a corporation?
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Shareholders appoint board members to the board of directors, who appoint officers, who act as daily managers.
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What governs corporations?
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The SEC
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Are private trades regulated by the SEC?
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Yes
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Corporations are regulated by the SEC via By Laws, which help to do what?
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Structure Management
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Corporations have to keep records of what?
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Annual meetings
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Annual or Quarterly Reports
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What is a L3C?
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Definition
Low Profit limited liability company
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L3C's can have a mission statement that makes a solid, unchanging, what?
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Operating Agreement
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What are shareholders?
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They own part of the company and vote for the board of directors.
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They cannot deal with day to day issues, as they are not agents of the corporation.
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Are shareholder votes ever unanimous?
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Nope it's like 55% to 65% gains approval
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What are proxy votes?
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Definition
Remotely sent shareholder votes
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What is block voting?
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When you have a legally binding agreement with someone else who votes for you.
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The company can allow share holders to do what?
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View their books
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What is a derivative lawsuit?
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When a shareholder sues a third party on behalf of a company
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What is the business judgment doctrine?
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Definition
The judge is not a business man, so the business just looses.
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In a derivative lawsuit you originally didn't have to present evidence but just what?
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Your side of the story
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Now you can't really do a derivative lawsuit case but instead must do what?
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Sue for fraud
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What fiduciary duties cannot be waved from a contract?
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Definition
Duty of care and Duty of Loyalty
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What is the Duty of Care?
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Definition
Decisions will be made based on the most available evidence without conflict of interest, and not simply made randomly or without reason.
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What is the Duty of Loyalty?
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To never self deal or double deal, by acting without conflict of interest.
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What is the Duty of Obedience?
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That one will act only within their authority.
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What is a Principal?
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One who owns or manages the asset.
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What is an Agent?
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They work on the Principal's behalf.
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Who are the Agent's interests suppose to align with?
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The Principal's interest
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CEO compensation used to include what?
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The ability to purchase stock at lower than market prices
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What is shorting stocks?
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Definition
Betting against your stock
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Who are the worst performers?
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Definition
The highest paid CEOS
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After making 75k, people are no longer what?
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Motivated by money
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What are the major motivators of individuals?
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Creative input in the company and being listened to, and the ability to choose their own projects, while gaining a sense of purpose. It's essentially control over your job.
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The most psychopathic people are who?
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CEOs and Lawyers
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What do people highly dislike?
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Micromanagement
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What is a monitor?
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The principal
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How do you measure a companies liability?
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Definition
How much risk did the employee take
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Is recovered alcoholic covered by the disability act?
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Definition
Yes
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Have someone knew or should have known the circumstance then they are what?
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Liable
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In many harassment cases, they do not immediately fire, they just do what?
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Put the offender in counseling
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