Question

Included on the board of directors of Microsoft are Dina Dublon, former chief financial officer of JP Morgan Chase, the president of Harvey Mudd college Maria M. Klawe, and the vice chairman of Bank of America Charles H. Noski. These three board members do not have a direct management role with Microsoft and are therefore referred to as

A) inside directors.

B) outside directors.

C) competitive directors.

D) honorary directors.

Answer 1

D) honorary directors.

Step-by-step explanation:

-Inside directors are board members that are employees or stakeholders of the organization.

-Outside directors are board members that are not employees or stakeholders of the organization but receive a fee to act as consultants that can provide objective opinions.

-Competitive directors are directors of a competitive sporting event that manage the key functions.

-Honorary directors are people that has worked in the past as Chief Executive Officer of a company and are allowed to go to all the board meetings but can't vote.

According to this, the answer is that these three board members do not have a direct management role with Microsoft and are therefore referred to as outside directors as they don't have a position on the organization or are stakeholders and they are part of the board of directors to provide different perspectives.