Although a major advantage of the corporate form of entity is the liability protection for its principals, there are some cases where a court will disregard the corporate entity and allow a creditor or judgment holder to reach through the corporation to the personal assets of its principals.
a) this is called piercing the corporate veil and may result in significant liability for the corporation's principals.
b) ultimately, the law provides a fairness standard for when the corporate veil should be pierced.
c) business owners and managers can limit liability and control risk by understanding the circumstances under which a court will pierce the corporate veil.

A) This is called piercing the corporate veil and may result in significant liability for the corporation's principals.

Explanation:

The phrase "Piercing the corporate veil" is used to describe a situation where a court will put aside limited liability and hold a corporation's shareholders or directors liable for the actions and liabilities of the corporation.

This is not a common procedure and courts usually do this based on the following:

1   all nations face the problem of scarcity because there are limited resources and unlimited wants. nations do not have enough factors of production to produce everything that their population wants. entrepreneurial resources initiate businesses to make new goods and services; labor resources produce goods and services.

2 there are four factors of production: natural resources, labor resources, capital resources, and entrepreneurial resources. natural resources are raw materials from nature that are used to produce goods. trees, water, and grains are natural resources. some natural resources, such as wheat and cattle, are renewable

3 wants

things that you do not need to have in order to survive, but would like to have

needs

things that you must have in order to survive

goods

physical products

services

tasks that a business perform for customers

resources

items that people can use to make or obtain what they need or want

determine

to settle or decide by choice of alternatives or possiblities

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