question archive Jim Wonder reads a study in a financial journal regarding the valuation of global equity markets, and wishes to use information in the study in his own research
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Jim Wonder reads a study in a financial journal regarding the valuation of global equity markets, and wishes to use information in the study in his own research. In order to avoid violating Standard I(C): Misrepresentation, Wonder should attribute the information used in his report to
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a) The financial journal
b) The original author of the study
c) Both the financial journal and the original author of the study
The answer is option C.
Standard I(C) of ethics states about not misrepresenting any research or investment analysis by CFA institute members. In fact, he/she should appropriately mention the source from where the data aur study has been taken.
In the above context the study read by Jim Wonder is published in the financial journal which should be given an acknowledgement in his report. Also, the original author of the study who wrote it for the financial journal should also be acknowledged by Jim Wonder in his report.