Question

The board of directors of a corporation: Multiple Choice Are elected by the corporate registrar. Are responsible for day-to-day operations of the business. Do not have the power to bind the corporation to contracts, due to lack of mutual agency.

Answer 1

Answer:

Are responsible for and have final authority for managing corporate activities.

Explanation:

Here are the complete options

The board of directors of a corporation:

a) Are elected by the corporate registrar.

b) Are responsible for day-to-day operations of the business.

c) Do not have the power to bind the corporation to contracts, due to lack of mutual agency.

d) May not also be executive officers of the corporation, due to the separate entity principle.

e) Are responsible for and have final authority for managing corporate activities.

A corporation is a business that is owned by shareholders. The corporation is a separate legal entity and so it can sue and be sued, pay taxes and own assets.

Advantages of a corporation include :

1. they have unlimited liabilities

2. they have unlimited life. the business doesn't end even after the death of the owners unlike a sole proprietorship

3. they have more access to capital

Disadvantages of a corporation include :

high cost of setting up  

Earnings to shareholders are taxed twice

Managers of a corporation :

1. are elected by the shareholders of the firm
2. they are responsible for and have final authority for managing corporate activities.