1. Based on his superior return history, Vijay Gupta, CFA, is interviewed by the First Faithful Church tomanage the church's voluntary retirement plan's equity portfolio. Each church staff member chooseswhether to opt in or out of the retirement plan according to his or her own investment objectives. Theplan trustees tell Gupta that stocks of companies involved in the sale of alcohol, tobacco, gambling,or firearms are not acceptable investments given the objectives and constraints of the portfolio. Gupta tells the trustees he cannot reasonably execute his strategy with these restrictions and that allhis other accounts hold shares of companies involved in these businesses because he believes theyhave the highest alphA. By agreeing to manage the account according to the trustees' wishes, doesGupta violate the CFA Institute Standards of Professional Conduct?