What is insider trading? Why is insider trading criminal? Use the example of Martha Stewart to support your answer.

What will be an ideal response?


Insider trading is the buying or selling of stocks after learning of confidential corporate information. Insider trading is criminal because it undermines a fair and open stock market.

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Which of the following is NOT a right at trial?

a. The right to confrontation b. The right to double-jeopardy protection c. The right to compulsory process d. The right to be advised of the potential for self-incrimination

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Which of the following lists the recommended order of the scientific process, according to the Wheel of Science?

a. hypotheses, theory, observation, research design, analysis and findings, and empirical generalizations b. theory, hypotheses, research design, observation, analysis and findings, and empirical generalizations c. theory, research design, hypotheses, observation, analysis and findings, and empirical generalizations d. hypotheses, research design, theory, observation, analysis and findings, and empirical generalizations

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What percent of jail inmates in the U.S. are male?

a. 50 b. 65 c. 88 d. 99

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Working long hours and overtime produces ________and consequently stress in officers

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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