1. Bennina Industries is a non-union, but wants to stay that way. In an effort to do so it wants to be proactive about employee concerns. Bennina tells some of the more popular employees it thinks they should meet after work and hash out some of their issues and present them to management. Does this violate the law?
2. Inventco, Inc had applied for a patent for one of its inventions and learned that it was going to be issued. Inventco suspected that it stock would increase once the patent was announced. Elaine, the president’s secretary. overheard his conversation with the company attorney and called her husband telling him about the impending stock increase. Her husband, hearing an opportunity to make some money, purchased as much of the company’s stock as possible. As anticipated, the stock increased and Elaine and her husband made a considerable sum on their purchase. What violation occurred and how would they be prosecuted for it?
3. What are some of the criticisms of Sarbanes-Oxley?
