A Corporate Director (member of the Board of Directors) for a large shipbuilding company, is approached by Universal Studios. Like Disney, Universal Studios would like to have a cruise line. The shipbuilding company does not make cruise ships, though they do make ocean liners that could probably be converted. The Director is friends with several members of another shipbuilding company and suggests that they could spin-off to start making cruise ships for Universal. Which violation of his duty to the Corporation is this? A group of answer choices selects one

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A Corporate Director (member of the Board of Directors) for a large shipbuilding company, is approached by Universal Studios. Like Disney, Universal Studios would like to have a cruise line. The shipbuilding company does not make cruise ships, though they do make ocean liners that could probably be converted. The Director is friends with several members of another shipbuilding company and suggests that they could spin-off to start making cruise ships for Universal. Which violation of his duty to the Corporation is this?

A group of answer choices selects one
 
A. He was Acting Outside of Authority
B. He breached his duty to not self-deal
C. He usurped a corporate opportunity
D. He did not violate his corporate duty, because the shipbuilding company he is a director of did not make cruise ships
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