Antonio is a 25-year-old professional tennis player. when he's not competing, he works as a coach at a local tennis club. caroline is a 40-year-old autoworker who was just laid off by her employer. she is trying to find any kind of job to make ends meet. dmitri is a 45-year-old accountant who has been out of work for almost a year. he became so discouraged that he gave up on his job search a couple of months ago. latasha is a 29-year-old who lost her job as an associate producer for a radio station. after spending a few weeks out of work and interviewing for several other positions, she gave up on her job search and decided to go back to grad school. she made that decision a few months ago.

Christopher kim, cfa, is a banker with batts brothers, an investment banking firm. kim follows the energy industry and has frequent contact with industry executives. kim is contacted by the ceo of a large oil and gas corporation who wants batts brothers to underwrite a secondary offering of the company's stock. the ceo offers kim the opportunity to fly on his private jet to his ranch in texas for an exotic game hunting expedition if kim's firm can complete the underwriting within 90 days. according to cfa institute standards of conduct, kim: a) may accept the offer as long as he discloses the offer to batts brothers.b) may not accept the offer because it is considered lavish entertainment.c) must obtain written consent from batts brothers before accepting the offer.