BA4 Exam Dumps : Fundamentals of Ethics, Corporate Governance and Business Law

Wye has borrowed £10,000 from Exe and the loan has now become repayable in full.  Exe has received a cheque from Wye for £9,000 stated to be “in full and final settlement of the loan.” What is the position if Exe cashes the cheque?

(i) Exe will have accepted £9,000 in full and final settlement and will not be able to claim the other £1,000 from Wye.

(ii) Exe is legally entitled to cash the cheque and pursue Wye for the balance of £1,000.

(iii) Exe will have accepted £9,000, but at law payment of less than the amount due cannot satisfy the full debt. 

lohn works as a management accountant for a law firm. He only got the job because he lied about his qualifications: he told the interviewers that he the required accountancy qualifications to do the job when he actually

didn't.

Now John's boss has found that John lied during the interview. Which of the following will almost certainly happen as a result?

Select ALL that apply.

You work for a company that is constructing a major football stadium. The day that the stadium is finished, large cracks appear in the supporting walls. It turns out that your company's purchasing director bought cement from a new and inexperienced company. You find out that the cement supplier was no cheaper than the other suppliers who had bid for the contract but that the son of your purchasing director happens to run the cement company. Is this an ethical issue and why?