Lincoln Investments is registered as a broker-dealer and as an investment adviser. When opening an account for a customer, the firm has the customer sign a statement that discloses that transactions recommended by Lincoln Advisers are effected through Lincoln Brokerage, which earns commissions on those trades. Obtaining the signed statement would NOT be required if:A. Lincoln Advisers recommends the purchase of a security and Lincoln Brokerage sells the customer that security out of its inventoryB. Lincoln Advisers recommends the sale of a security and Lincoln Brokerage executes the sale acting as agent in the OTC marketC. the customer effects a trade through Lincoln Brokerage that was not recommended by Lincoln AdvisersD. the customer signs a waiver covering all disclosures that are legally required

Consider the scenario below and let us know if you believe lauren smith's actions to be ethical. let us know why or why not. lauren smith is the controller for sports central, a chain of sporting goods stores. she has been asked to recommend a site for a new store. lauren has an uncle who owns a shopping plaza in the area of town where the new store is to be located, so she decides to contact her uncle about leasing space in his plaza. lauren also contacted several other shopping plazas and malls, but her uncle’s store turned out to be the most economical place to lease. therefore, lauren recommended locating the new store in her uncle’s shopping plaza. in making her recommendation to management, she did not disclose that her uncle owns the shopping plaza. if management decided to go with lauren's uncle's plaza, what additional information would be needed in the financial statements?