Dividend payments are defined as: a. incremental increases in the value of the stock held by an investor due to rises in share price b. part share of the profits or earnings of a company paid to each shareholder on the basis of the number of shares c. they hold payments made to a company by investors for a share of the ownership of that company d. the difference between the original cost price of a share and the price an investor receives when that share is sold

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?