Professionalism - Misconduct in Investment Recommendations

Very Easy Cfa Institute Code And Standards Professionalism - Misconduct

As a newly licensed Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), you are presented with an opportunity to work with various clients. During your initial interactions, a client asks if you can recommend certain investments that are known to have unethical business practices associated with them. They believe that these investments will yield significant returns in the short term.

According to the CFA Institute Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Conduct, how should you respond to this request in order to maintain professionalism?

You should recommend the investments, as they are likely to provide high returns.

You should refuse to recommend any investments that are associated with unethical business practices.

You can recommend the investments but advise the client to be cautious.

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