单选题

Adira Badawi, CFA, who owns a research and consulting company, is an independent board member of a leading cement manufacturer in a small local market. Because of Badawi’s expertise in the cement industry, a foreign cement manufacturer looking to enter the localmarket has hired him to undertake a feasibility study. Under what circumstances can Badawi most likely undertake the assignment without violating the CFA Institute Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Conduct? If he:

A、 makes full disclosure to both companies
B、 receives written permission from the local company
C、 signs confidentiality agreements with both companies

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】

A is correct because making full and fair disclosure of all matters that could reasonably be expected to impair one’s independence and objectivity or interfere with respective duties to one’s clients is required by Standard VI Conflicts of Interest of the CFA Institute Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Conduct.