You are a member of a project team revising the nvidia corporation’s ethics policy. the team includes representatives from four divisions: software engineering, business systems, demand planning, and corporate communications. you are the corporate communications representative and the team’s leader. today you are having lunch with audra setiawan, the representative from business systems. she complains that neither you nor the other two representatives understand the purpose of an ethics statement. she has a new draft of the policy she’d like to present at the next meeting, although she’s sure you and the others will object to it. what is the information your coworker is trying to deliver? she is concerned that her work is pointless. she wants to present a new draft of the ethics policy but is worried that the team won’t accept it. the other members of the team are ineffective.

Rate of return, standard deviation, coefficient of variation personal finance problem mike is searching for a stock to include in his current stock portfolio. he is interested in hi-tech inc.; he has been impressed with the company's computer products and believes hi-tech is an innovative market player. however, mike realizes that any time you consider a technology stock, risk is a major concern. the rule he follows is to include only securities with a coefficient of variation of returns below 1.07. mike has obtained the following price information for the period 2015 through 2018:hi-tech stock, being growth-oriented, did not pay any dividends during these 4 years. a. calculate the rate of return for each year, 2015 through 2018, for hi-tech stock. b. assume that each year's return is equally probable and calculate the average return over this time period. c. calculate the standard deviation of returns over the past 4 years. (hint: treat this data as a sample.) d. based on b and c determine the coefficient of variation of returns for the security. e. given the calculation in d what should be mike's decision regarding the inclusion of hi-tech stock in his portfolio?