{"id":871,"date":"2019-07-12T17:36:00","date_gmt":"2019-07-12T17:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analystprep.com\/cfa-level-1-exam\/?p=871"},"modified":"2026-08-02T14:19:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T14:19:39","slug":"standard-4c-responsibilities-supervisors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analystprep.com\/cfa-level-1-exam\/ethical-and-professional-standards\/standard-4c-responsibilities-supervisors\/","title":{"rendered":"Standard IV(C) \u2013 Responsibilities of Supervisors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n{\n  \"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\",\n  \"@type\": \"QAPage\",\n  \"mainEntity\": {\n    \"@type\": \"Question\",\n    \"name\": \"Which of the following is not an appropriate action under the tenets of Standard IV(C) \u2013 Responsibilities of supervisors?\",\n    \"text\": \"Options:\\nA. 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Supervisors with many employees must make it clear to direct reports that secondary or distant subordinates are expected to uphold the strictest law and ethical standards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Standard IV(C) \u2013 Responsibilities of Supervisors encourage supervisors to establish compliance systems such as policies and procedures, ethics training, and\/or incentive structure to commend ethical conduct.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"margin: 18px 0;\"><a style=\"display: block; text-align: center; padding: 14px 18px; border: 2px solid #2F5BFF; border-radius: 18px; color: #ffffff ; font-weight: 600; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; background-color: #1a73e8 ;\" href=\"https:\/\/analystprep.com\/free-trial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Master CFA Standard IV(C) concepts with AnalystPrep\u2019s Free Trial. <\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Additionally, it is incumbent upon supervisors to anticipate policies and informal behavior that may result in ethical violations. For example, if an officer of the firm is partially compensated on the volume of trades within a firm, that officer may not fully investigate large trades of ethical dubiousness.&nbsp; Therefore, this compensation policy directly conflicts with the promotion of fitting behavior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Suspected ethics violations by employees should be investigated, documented, and communicated by supervisors to individual employees.&nbsp; Additionally, discussing the consequences of further abuse of laws, policies, or the Code of Standards should be part of this discussion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Violation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Clear policies and supervision of subordinate activities can prevent a violation of Standard IV(C) \u2013 Responsibilities of supervisors. 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Supervisors are permitted to delegate compliance enforcement responsibilities to another member of a firm, thereby relieving them of their oversight obligations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">C. 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