Awall street journal article noted that a study by the u. s. congressional budget office "estimated raising the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour would reduce u. s. employment by 500,000 but lift 900,000 americans out of poverty." source: julie jargon and eric morath, "as wage debate rages, some have made the shift," wall street journal, april 8, 2014. the minimum wage might reduce employment because a. it would require training and benefits which would be too expensive to hire new workers. b. some workers may choose not to work at the higher wage. c. employer costs would increase. d. the increase raises the wage for all workers.

David burdick is the ceo of acme bubblegum, a successful public company. as one of the cofounders of the company, burdick has enjoyed speaking and writing about the success of acme bubblegum for several years. typically, he speaks at conferences or directly to the press, but recently, he has been blogging about his firm anonymously. specifically, he defended a recent advertising campaign that was unpopular among consumers and pointedly attacked one of acme bubblegum’s competitors. burdick deeply enjoys his anonymous blogging and believes that none of his readers actually know that he works for acme bubblegum. should burdick be allowed to praise his company’s performance anonymously online? should he be allowed to attack his competitors without disclosing his relationship with the company? how would you feel if the ceo of a company at which you shopped was secretly writing criticisms of his or her competition? how would you feel if you knew a writer for your favorite blog was actually closely involved in a company that the blog discussed? 1. define the ethical issue? 2. who are the primary stakeholders? 3. what are the possible alternatives? 4. how could you evaluate the ethical implications of the alternative actions (use appropriate decision rules)? 5. what action would you recommend and why?