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In the mid-2000s the United States was reeling from a wave of corporate scandals: Think of WorldCom, Enron, Tyco, and AIG. For Aiyesha Dey, then an assistant professor of accounting at the University of Chicago, those episodes fuelled a question: Did leaders' lifestyles affect outcomes for their firms, and if so, how? "There were all these articles about how executives at those companies were throwing parties for millions of dollars," Dey recalls. So, she and colleagues embarked on a series of studies linking leaders' off-the-job behaviour with their actions at work. In deciding what behaviours to focus on, the researchers drew on findings in psychology and criminology. They settled on two: a propensity to break the law, which is tied to an overall lack of self-control and a disregard for rules, and materialism, which is associated with an insensitivity to how one's actions affect others and the environment. Across four studies, Dey - now an associate professor at Harvard Business School - and her co-authors examined correlations between one or both of those behaviours and five on-the-job issues.
In their most recent paper, the researchers looked at whether executives' personal legal records - everything from traffic tickets to driving under the influence and assault - had any relation to their tendency to execute trades on the basis of confidential inside information. Using U.S. federal and state crime databases, criminal background checks, and private investigators, they identified firms that had simultaneously employed at least one executive with a record and at least one without a record during the period from 1986 to 2017. This yielded a sample of nearly 1,500 executives, including 503 CEOs. Examining executive trades of company stock, they found that those were more profitable for executives with a record than for others, suggesting that the former had made use of privileged information. The effect was greatest among executives with multiple offences and those with ______ violations.
The passage talks about identifying or shortlisting some firms for the purpose of the study. Which of the following time periods was targeted?
  • a)
    1986 to 2017
  • b)
    1976 to 2017
  • c)
    1986 to 2007
  • d)
    1966 to 2017
  • e)
    1966 to 2007
Correct answer is option 'A'. Can you explain this answer?
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Directions: Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.In the mid-2000s the United States was reeling from a wave of corporate scandals: Think of WorldCom, Enron, Tyco, and AIG. For Aiyesha Dey, then an assistant professor of accounting at the University of Chicago, those episodes fuelled a question: Did leaders' lifestyles affect outcomes for their firms, and if so, how? "There were all these articles about how executives at those companies were throwing parties for millions of dollars," Dey recalls. So, she and colleagues embarked on a series of studies linking leaders' off-the-job behaviour with their actions at work. In deciding what behaviours to focus on, the researchers drew on findings in psychology and criminology. They settled on two: a propensity to break the law, which is tied to an overall lack of self-control and a disregard for rules, and materialism, which is associated with an insensitivity to how one's actions affect others and the environment. Across four studies, Dey - now an associate professor at Harvard Business School - and her co-authors examined correlations between one or both of those behaviours and five on-the-job issues.In their most recent paper, the researchers looked at whether executives' personal legal records - everything from traffic tickets to driving under the influence and assault - had any relation to their tendency to execute trades on the basis of confidential inside information. Using U.S. federal and state crime databases, criminal background checks, and private investigators, they identified firms that had simultaneously employed at least one executive with a record and at least one without a record during the period from 1986 to 2017. This yielded a sample of nearly 1,500 executives, including 503 CEOs. Examining executive trades of company stock, they found that those were more profitable for executives with a record than for others, suggesting that the former had made use of privileged information. The effect was greatest among executives with multiple offences and those with ______ violations.The study did not focus on which of the following behaviour(s) as per the passage?I. A tendency to break the lawII. A tendency to stealIII. Materialism

Directions: Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.In the mid-2000s the United States was reeling from a wave of corporate scandals: Think of WorldCom, Enron, Tyco, and AIG. For Aiyesha Dey, then an assistant professor of accounting at the University of Chicago, those episodes fuelled a question: Did leaders' lifestyles affect outcomes for their firms, and if so, how? "There were all these articles about how executives at those companies were throwing parties for millions of dollars," Dey recalls. So, she and colleagues embarked on a series of studies linking leaders' off-the-job behaviour with their actions at work. In deciding what behaviours to focus on, the researchers drew on findings in psychology and criminology. They settled on two: a propensity to break the law, which is tied to an overall lack of self-control and a disregard for rules, and materialism, which is associated with an insensitivity to how one's actions affect others and the environment. Across four studies, Dey - now an associate professor at Harvard Business School - and her co-authors examined correlations between one or both of those behaviours and five on-the-job issues.In their most recent paper, the researchers looked at whether executives' personal legal records - everything from traffic tickets to driving under the influence and assault - had any relation to their tendency to execute trades on the basis of confidential inside information. Using U.S. federal and state crime databases, criminal background checks, and private investigators, they identified firms that had simultaneously employed at least one executive with a record and at least one without a record during the period from 1986 to 2017. This yielded a sample of nearly 1,500 executives, including 503 CEOs. Examining executive trades of company stock, they found that those were more profitable for executives with a record than for others, suggesting that the former had made use of privileged information. The effect was greatest among executives with multiple offences and those with ______ violations.Which of the following word(s) will fit in the blank given in the passage?I. SeriousII. GraveIII. Laudable

Directions: Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.In the mid-2000s the United States was reeling from a wave of corporate scandals: Think of WorldCom, Enron, Tyco, and AIG. For Aiyesha Dey, then an assistant professor of accounting at the University of Chicago, those episodes fuelled a question: Did leaders' lifestyles affect outcomes for their firms, and if so, how? "There were all these articles about how executives at those companies were throwing parties for millions of dollars," Dey recalls. So, she and colleagues embarked on a series of studies linking leaders' off-the-job behaviour with their actions at work. In deciding what behaviours to focus on, the researchers drew on findings in psychology and criminology. They settled on two: a propensity to break the law, which is tied to an overall lack of self-control and a disregard for rules, and materialism, which is associated with an insensitivity to how one's actions affect others and the environment. Across four studies, Dey - now an associate professor at Harvard Business School - and her co-authors examined correlations between one or both of those behaviours and five on-the-job issues.In their most recent paper, the researchers looked at whether executives' personal legal records - everything from traffic tickets to driving under the influence and assault - had any relation to their tendency to execute trades on the basis of confidential inside information. Using U.S. federal and state crime databases, criminal background checks, and private investigators, they identified firms that had simultaneously employed at least one executive with a record and at least one without a record during the period from 1986 to 2017. This yielded a sample of nearly 1,500 executives, including 503 CEOs. Examining executive trades of company stock, they found that those were more profitable for executives with a record than for others, suggesting that the former had made use of privileged information. The effect was greatest among executives with multiple offences and those with ______ violations.Which of the following is/are NOT TRUE in the context of the passage?I. While strong governance can discipline minor offenders, it appears to be largely ineffective for executives with more-serious criminal infractions.II. Companies where the CEO had a record had fewer independent directors.III. The one with legal records were likelier than others to trade during blackouts and to miss SEC reporting deadlines.

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Directions: Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.In the mid-2000s the United States was reeling from a wave of corporate scandals: Think of WorldCom, Enron, Tyco, and AIG. For Aiyesha Dey, then an assistant professor of accounting at the University of Chicago, those episodes fuelled a question: Did leaders' lifestyles affect outcomes for their firms, and if so, how? "There were all these articles about how executives at those companies were throwing parties for millions of dollars," Dey recalls. So, she and colleagues embarked on a series of studies linking leaders' off-the-job behaviour with their actions at work. In deciding what behaviours to focus on, the researchers drew on findings in psychology and criminology. They settled on two: a propensity to break the law, which is tied to an overall lack of self-control and a disregard for rules, and materialism, which is associated with an insensitivity to how one's actions affect others and the environment. Across four studies, Dey - now an associate professor at Harvard Business School - and her co-authors examined correlations between one or both of those behaviours and five on-the-job issues.In their most recent paper, the researchers looked at whether executives' personal legal records - everything from traffic tickets to driving under the influence and assault - had any relation to their tendency to execute trades on the basis of confidential inside information. Using U.S. federal and state crime databases, criminal background checks, and private investigators, they identified firms that had simultaneously employed at least one executive with a record and at least one without a record during the period from 1986 to 2017. This yielded a sample of nearly 1,500 executives, including 503 CEOs. Examining executive trades of company stock, they found that those were more profitable for executives with a record than for others, suggesting that the former had made use of privileged information. The effect was greatest among executives with multiple offences and those with ______ violations.The passage talks about identifying or shortlisting some firms for the purpose of the study. Which of the following time periods was targeted?a)1986 to 2017b)1976 to 2017c)1986 to 2007d)1966 to 2017e)1966 to 2007Correct answer is option 'A'. Can you explain this answer?
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Directions: Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.In the mid-2000s the United States was reeling from a wave of corporate scandals: Think of WorldCom, Enron, Tyco, and AIG. For Aiyesha Dey, then an assistant professor of accounting at the University of Chicago, those episodes fuelled a question: Did leaders' lifestyles affect outcomes for their firms, and if so, how? "There were all these articles about how executives at those companies were throwing parties for millions of dollars," Dey recalls. So, she and colleagues embarked on a series of studies linking leaders' off-the-job behaviour with their actions at work. In deciding what behaviours to focus on, the researchers drew on findings in psychology and criminology. They settled on two: a propensity to break the law, which is tied to an overall lack of self-control and a disregard for rules, and materialism, which is associated with an insensitivity to how one's actions affect others and the environment. Across four studies, Dey - now an associate professor at Harvard Business School - and her co-authors examined correlations between one or both of those behaviours and five on-the-job issues.In their most recent paper, the researchers looked at whether executives' personal legal records - everything from traffic tickets to driving under the influence and assault - had any relation to their tendency to execute trades on the basis of confidential inside information. Using U.S. federal and state crime databases, criminal background checks, and private investigators, they identified firms that had simultaneously employed at least one executive with a record and at least one without a record during the period from 1986 to 2017. This yielded a sample of nearly 1,500 executives, including 503 CEOs. Examining executive trades of company stock, they found that those were more profitable for executives with a record than for others, suggesting that the former had made use of privileged information. The effect was greatest among executives with multiple offences and those with ______ violations.The passage talks about identifying or shortlisting some firms for the purpose of the study. Which of the following time periods was targeted?a)1986 to 2017b)1976 to 2017c)1986 to 2007d)1966 to 2017e)1966 to 2007Correct answer is option 'A'. Can you explain this answer? for CAT 2024 is part of CAT preparation. The Question and answers have been prepared according to the CAT exam syllabus. Information about Directions: Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.In the mid-2000s the United States was reeling from a wave of corporate scandals: Think of WorldCom, Enron, Tyco, and AIG. For Aiyesha Dey, then an assistant professor of accounting at the University of Chicago, those episodes fuelled a question: Did leaders' lifestyles affect outcomes for their firms, and if so, how? "There were all these articles about how executives at those companies were throwing parties for millions of dollars," Dey recalls. So, she and colleagues embarked on a series of studies linking leaders' off-the-job behaviour with their actions at work. In deciding what behaviours to focus on, the researchers drew on findings in psychology and criminology. They settled on two: a propensity to break the law, which is tied to an overall lack of self-control and a disregard for rules, and materialism, which is associated with an insensitivity to how one's actions affect others and the environment. Across four studies, Dey - now an associate professor at Harvard Business School - and her co-authors examined correlations between one or both of those behaviours and five on-the-job issues.In their most recent paper, the researchers looked at whether executives' personal legal records - everything from traffic tickets to driving under the influence and assault - had any relation to their tendency to execute trades on the basis of confidential inside information. Using U.S. federal and state crime databases, criminal background checks, and private investigators, they identified firms that had simultaneously employed at least one executive with a record and at least one without a record during the period from 1986 to 2017. This yielded a sample of nearly 1,500 executives, including 503 CEOs. Examining executive trades of company stock, they found that those were more profitable for executives with a record than for others, suggesting that the former had made use of privileged information. The effect was greatest among executives with multiple offences and those with ______ violations.The passage talks about identifying or shortlisting some firms for the purpose of the study. Which of the following time periods was targeted?a)1986 to 2017b)1976 to 2017c)1986 to 2007d)1966 to 2017e)1966 to 2007Correct answer is option 'A'. Can you explain this answer? covers all topics & solutions for CAT 2024 Exam. Find important definitions, questions, meanings, examples, exercises and tests below for Directions: Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.In the mid-2000s the United States was reeling from a wave of corporate scandals: Think of WorldCom, Enron, Tyco, and AIG. For Aiyesha Dey, then an assistant professor of accounting at the University of Chicago, those episodes fuelled a question: Did leaders' lifestyles affect outcomes for their firms, and if so, how? "There were all these articles about how executives at those companies were throwing parties for millions of dollars," Dey recalls. So, she and colleagues embarked on a series of studies linking leaders' off-the-job behaviour with their actions at work. In deciding what behaviours to focus on, the researchers drew on findings in psychology and criminology. They settled on two: a propensity to break the law, which is tied to an overall lack of self-control and a disregard for rules, and materialism, which is associated with an insensitivity to how one's actions affect others and the environment. Across four studies, Dey - now an associate professor at Harvard Business School - and her co-authors examined correlations between one or both of those behaviours and five on-the-job issues.In their most recent paper, the researchers looked at whether executives' personal legal records - everything from traffic tickets to driving under the influence and assault - had any relation to their tendency to execute trades on the basis of confidential inside information. Using U.S. federal and state crime databases, criminal background checks, and private investigators, they identified firms that had simultaneously employed at least one executive with a record and at least one without a record during the period from 1986 to 2017. This yielded a sample of nearly 1,500 executives, including 503 CEOs. Examining executive trades of company stock, they found that those were more profitable for executives with a record than for others, suggesting that the former had made use of privileged information. The effect was greatest among executives with multiple offences and those with ______ violations.The passage talks about identifying or shortlisting some firms for the purpose of the study. Which of the following time periods was targeted?a)1986 to 2017b)1976 to 2017c)1986 to 2007d)1966 to 2017e)1966 to 2007Correct answer is option 'A'. Can you explain this answer?.
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They settled on two: a propensity to break the law, which is tied to an overall lack of self-control and a disregard for rules, and materialism, which is associated with an insensitivity to how one's actions affect others and the environment. Across four studies, Dey - now an associate professor at Harvard Business School - and her co-authors examined correlations between one or both of those behaviours and five on-the-job issues.In their most recent paper, the researchers looked at whether executives' personal legal records - everything from traffic tickets to driving under the influence and assault - had any relation to their tendency to execute trades on the basis of confidential inside information. Using U.S. federal and state crime databases, criminal background checks, and private investigators, they identified firms that had simultaneously employed at least one executive with a record and at least one without a record during the period from 1986 to 2017. This yielded a sample of nearly 1,500 executives, including 503 CEOs. Examining executive trades of company stock, they found that those were more profitable for executives with a record than for others, suggesting that the former had made use of privileged information. The effect was greatest among executives with multiple offences and those with ______ violations.The passage talks about identifying or shortlisting some firms for the purpose of the study. Which of the following time periods was targeted?a)1986 to 2017b)1976 to 2017c)1986 to 2007d)1966 to 2017e)1966 to 2007Correct answer is option 'A'. Can you explain this answer? defined & explained in the simplest way possible. Besides giving the explanation of Directions: Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.In the mid-2000s the United States was reeling from a wave of corporate scandals: Think of WorldCom, Enron, Tyco, and AIG. For Aiyesha Dey, then an assistant professor of accounting at the University of Chicago, those episodes fuelled a question: Did leaders' lifestyles affect outcomes for their firms, and if so, how? "There were all these articles about how executives at those companies were throwing parties for millions of dollars," Dey recalls. So, she and colleagues embarked on a series of studies linking leaders' off-the-job behaviour with their actions at work. In deciding what behaviours to focus on, the researchers drew on findings in psychology and criminology. They settled on two: a propensity to break the law, which is tied to an overall lack of self-control and a disregard for rules, and materialism, which is associated with an insensitivity to how one's actions affect others and the environment. Across four studies, Dey - now an associate professor at Harvard Business School - and her co-authors examined correlations between one or both of those behaviours and five on-the-job issues.In their most recent paper, the researchers looked at whether executives' personal legal records - everything from traffic tickets to driving under the influence and assault - had any relation to their tendency to execute trades on the basis of confidential inside information. Using U.S. federal and state crime databases, criminal background checks, and private investigators, they identified firms that had simultaneously employed at least one executive with a record and at least one without a record during the period from 1986 to 2017. This yielded a sample of nearly 1,500 executives, including 503 CEOs. Examining executive trades of company stock, they found that those were more profitable for executives with a record than for others, suggesting that the former had made use of privileged information. The effect was greatest among executives with multiple offences and those with ______ violations.The passage talks about identifying or shortlisting some firms for the purpose of the study. Which of the following time periods was targeted?a)1986 to 2017b)1976 to 2017c)1986 to 2007d)1966 to 2017e)1966 to 2007Correct answer is option 'A'. Can you explain this answer?, a detailed solution for Directions: Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.In the mid-2000s the United States was reeling from a wave of corporate scandals: Think of WorldCom, Enron, Tyco, and AIG. For Aiyesha Dey, then an assistant professor of accounting at the University of Chicago, those episodes fuelled a question: Did leaders' lifestyles affect outcomes for their firms, and if so, how? "There were all these articles about how executives at those companies were throwing parties for millions of dollars," Dey recalls. So, she and colleagues embarked on a series of studies linking leaders' off-the-job behaviour with their actions at work. In deciding what behaviours to focus on, the researchers drew on findings in psychology and criminology. They settled on two: a propensity to break the law, which is tied to an overall lack of self-control and a disregard for rules, and materialism, which is associated with an insensitivity to how one's actions affect others and the environment. Across four studies, Dey - now an associate professor at Harvard Business School - and her co-authors examined correlations between one or both of those behaviours and five on-the-job issues.In their most recent paper, the researchers looked at whether executives' personal legal records - everything from traffic tickets to driving under the influence and assault - had any relation to their tendency to execute trades on the basis of confidential inside information. Using U.S. federal and state crime databases, criminal background checks, and private investigators, they identified firms that had simultaneously employed at least one executive with a record and at least one without a record during the period from 1986 to 2017. This yielded a sample of nearly 1,500 executives, including 503 CEOs. Examining executive trades of company stock, they found that those were more profitable for executives with a record than for others, suggesting that the former had made use of privileged information. The effect was greatest among executives with multiple offences and those with ______ violations.The passage talks about identifying or shortlisting some firms for the purpose of the study. Which of the following time periods was targeted?a)1986 to 2017b)1976 to 2017c)1986 to 2007d)1966 to 2017e)1966 to 2007Correct answer is option 'A'. Can you explain this answer? has been provided alongside types of Directions: Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.In the mid-2000s the United States was reeling from a wave of corporate scandals: Think of WorldCom, Enron, Tyco, and AIG. For Aiyesha Dey, then an assistant professor of accounting at the University of Chicago, those episodes fuelled a question: Did leaders' lifestyles affect outcomes for their firms, and if so, how? "There were all these articles about how executives at those companies were throwing parties for millions of dollars," Dey recalls. So, she and colleagues embarked on a series of studies linking leaders' off-the-job behaviour with their actions at work. In deciding what behaviours to focus on, the researchers drew on findings in psychology and criminology. They settled on two: a propensity to break the law, which is tied to an overall lack of self-control and a disregard for rules, and materialism, which is associated with an insensitivity to how one's actions affect others and the environment. Across four studies, Dey - now an associate professor at Harvard Business School - and her co-authors examined correlations between one or both of those behaviours and five on-the-job issues.In their most recent paper, the researchers looked at whether executives' personal legal records - everything from traffic tickets to driving under the influence and assault - had any relation to their tendency to execute trades on the basis of confidential inside information. Using U.S. federal and state crime databases, criminal background checks, and private investigators, they identified firms that had simultaneously employed at least one executive with a record and at least one without a record during the period from 1986 to 2017. This yielded a sample of nearly 1,500 executives, including 503 CEOs. Examining executive trades of company stock, they found that those were more profitable for executives with a record than for others, suggesting that the former had made use of privileged information. The effect was greatest among executives with multiple offences and those with ______ violations.The passage talks about identifying or shortlisting some firms for the purpose of the study. Which of the following time periods was targeted?a)1986 to 2017b)1976 to 2017c)1986 to 2007d)1966 to 2017e)1966 to 2007Correct answer is option 'A'. Can you explain this answer? theory, EduRev gives you an ample number of questions to practice Directions: Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.In the mid-2000s the United States was reeling from a wave of corporate scandals: Think of WorldCom, Enron, Tyco, and AIG. For Aiyesha Dey, then an assistant professor of accounting at the University of Chicago, those episodes fuelled a question: Did leaders' lifestyles affect outcomes for their firms, and if so, how? "There were all these articles about how executives at those companies were throwing parties for millions of dollars," Dey recalls. So, she and colleagues embarked on a series of studies linking leaders' off-the-job behaviour with their actions at work. In deciding what behaviours to focus on, the researchers drew on findings in psychology and criminology. They settled on two: a propensity to break the law, which is tied to an overall lack of self-control and a disregard for rules, and materialism, which is associated with an insensitivity to how one's actions affect others and the environment. Across four studies, Dey - now an associate professor at Harvard Business School - and her co-authors examined correlations between one or both of those behaviours and five on-the-job issues.In their most recent paper, the researchers looked at whether executives' personal legal records - everything from traffic tickets to driving under the influence and assault - had any relation to their tendency to execute trades on the basis of confidential inside information. Using U.S. federal and state crime databases, criminal background checks, and private investigators, they identified firms that had simultaneously employed at least one executive with a record and at least one without a record during the period from 1986 to 2017. This yielded a sample of nearly 1,500 executives, including 503 CEOs. Examining executive trades of company stock, they found that those were more profitable for executives with a record than for others, suggesting that the former had made use of privileged information. The effect was greatest among executives with multiple offences and those with ______ violations.The passage talks about identifying or shortlisting some firms for the purpose of the study. Which of the following time periods was targeted?a)1986 to 2017b)1976 to 2017c)1986 to 2007d)1966 to 2017e)1966 to 2007Correct answer is option 'A'. Can you explain this answer? tests, examples and also practice CAT tests.
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