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You work for an accountancy firm and discover that a member of an assurance team has a significant conflict of interest. You take CIMA's Code of Ethics with you when you alert your board of directors as to why this is an important issue, but the board decides that the conflict of interest is not important. This is an example of tension between:

Exe Ltd was registered in 1980 and has an objects clause in its Memorandum of Association. What is the current status of Exe Ltd's objects clause?

Wye has borrowed £10,000 from Exe and the loan has now become repayable in full.  Exe has received a cheque from Wye for £9,000 stated to be “in full and final settlement of the loan.” What is the position if Exe cashes the cheque?

(i) Exe will have accepted £9,000 in full and final settlement and will not be able to claim the other £1,000 from Wye.

(ii) Exe is legally entitled to cash the cheque and pursue Wye for the balance of £1,000.

(iii) Exe will have accepted £9,000, but at law payment of less than the amount due cannot satisfy the full debt. 

The UK Corporate Governance Code is primarily directed at which type of business organization?