In one of the following situations, the member acted properly. Which one? Group of answer choices a. Joe was providing consulting services to client Lowery Company and in that capacity learned trade secrets that he used to convince Richter Corporation to hire him as a consultant who could help Richter compete against Lowery. b. Fiona prepared a joint tax return for Tom and Pam, a married couple. When Tom and Pam got into a vicious divorce proceeding, Fiona helped Pam, whom she perceived to be the wronged party, and refused to share any information with Tom, whom she thought was a bad husband. c. Han prepared corporate income tax returns for Nadle Corporation until he became uncomfortable with how aggressive in seeking deductions Nadle was asking him to be. He“fired” Nadle as a client. When

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In one of the following situations, the member acted properly. Which one?

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a. Joe was providing consulting services to client Lowery Company and in that capacity learned trade secrets that he used to convince Richter Corporation to hire him as a consultant who could help Richter compete against Lowery.
b. Fiona prepared a joint tax return for Tom and Pam, a married couple. When Tom and Pam got into a vicious divorce proceeding, Fiona helped Pam, whom she perceived to be the wronged party, and refused to share any information with Tom, whom she thought was a bad husband.
c. Han prepared corporate income tax returns for Nadle Corporation until he became uncomfortable with how aggressive in seeking deductions Nadle was asking him to be. He“fired” Nadle as a client. When Nadle sought to replace Han with Jennifer, she called Han and asked: “What can you tell me about Nadle?” Han replied: “Well, I think you should ask Nadle to grant me permission to speak candidly with you even if it requires disclosure of some confidential information.”
d. Member Varun provided bankruptcy consulting services to client Vera Corporation. He publicly advertised this fact, which damaged Vera which was trying to keep confidential the fact that it was in danger of having to declare bankruptcy.
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