If a mansgement accountant confides to a retative that ws of her company has a confidential plan to merge with another company in the near future. the acicovetant has C. violated ethical standards bechuse the accountant and relative could stand to gain personaliy from that intormation. 3. not vielayed ethical stand b. violated eqhical standards only if the relative owns stock io the company a not volated etricai standards becaute the information was reiayed to a famly mernber