The board of directors of X Corporation would like to immunize themselves of any liability arising from any material misrepresentations and omissions during the preparation of the IPO prospectus. They may avoid this liability by establishing that they undertook a reasonable investigation that would lead a reasonable person to believe the statements were accurate. This is known as a:

Due diligence defense

Explanation:

Due diligence defense is often used by companies who received accusation from Security Exchange comission for falsifying their financial statement.\

This defense is applicable if X coproration hired a third party to investigate their financial statement such as famous public auditors (KPMG, Deloitte, etc)

If they can proof that they have been properly investigated, the accusation that given by the Security Exchange Comission technically can be redirected to these external investigators.

question - in 1827, john walker, a druggist in a small english town, tipped a splint with sulphur, chlorate of potash, and sulphid of antimony, and rubbed it on sandpaper, and it burst into flame. the druggist had discovered the first friction-chemical match, the kind we use to-day. it is called friction-chemical because it is made by mixing certain chemicals together and rubbing them. although walker's match did not require the bottle of acid, nevertheless it was not a good one. it could be lighted only by hard rubbing, and it sputtered and threw fire in all directions. in a few years, however, phosphorus was substituted on the tip for antimony, and the change worked wonders. the match could now be lighted with very little rubbing, and it was no longer necessary to have sandpaper upon which to rub it. it would ignite when rubbed on any dry surface, and there was no longer any sputtering. this was the phosphorus match, the match with which we are so familiar. according the paragraph what was the benefit of the new phosphorus match? it burst into flame when rubbed on sandpaper. it was made by mixing chemicals. it could be ignited on any dry surface. it threw fire in all directions.

answer - matches required natural chemicals

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