te of the discretionary accounts managed by Farnsworth is the Jones Corporation employee profit sharing plan. Jones the company president, recently asked Farnsworth to vote the shares in the profit sharing plan in favor of the companynominated slate of directors and against the directors sponsored by a dissident stockholder group. Farnsworth does not want to lose this account because he directs all the account's trades to a brokerage firm that provides Farnsworth with useful information about tax-free investments. Although this information is not of value in managing the Jones Corporation account, it does help in managing several other accounts. The brokerage firm providing this information also offers the lowest commissions for trades and best execution. Farnsworth investigates the director issue, concludes that management's slate is better for the long-run performance of the firm than the dissident group's slate, and votes accordingly. Farnsworth: a. Violated the Standards in voting the shares in the manner