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Question: 1. Can you think of some different alternatives that Rice's board might consider for controlling the $4 million deficit?

2. Describe a decision that you have had to make recently that was difficult. What were the major issues? What were your alternatives? Did you have to deal with uncertainty? Were there important trade-offs to make?

3. "Socially responsible investing" first became fashionable in the 1980s. Such investing involves consideration of the kinds of businesses that a firm engages in and selection of investments that are as consistent as possible with the investor's sense of ethical and moral business activity. What trade-offs must the socially responsible investor make? How are these trade-offs more complicated than those that we normally consider in making investment decisions?

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