The following situation involves a possible violation of the AICPA's code of professional conduct. For this situation, (1) determine the applicable rule number from the code, (2) decide whether or not the code has been violated, and (3) briefly explain how the situation violates (or does not violate) the code. Your answer should be set up something like this: Rule # _____ Violation? Yes or No.

Provide a one- or two-line explanation.

1.Sarah Marin, CPA, is a senior auditor in the San Francisco office of Coopers & Snoopers, CPAs. Sarah's father is employed as the controller of Line Electronics, a large publicly held company in Michigan. Line Electronics is one of Coopers & Snoopers audit clients. Neither Sarah nor the San Francisco office of Coopers & Snoopers is involved in the audit of Line Electronics.

2.Howard Cunningham & Co., CPAs, designates its firm as Members of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. All of the partners of the firm are CPAs. However, one of the partners has recently chosen to allow her membership to lapse because of personal reasons.