Two sisters operate a bed and breakfast on the coast of maine. as customers make reservations they are required to pay cash in advance equal to one-half of the rate for their stay. how should the sisters account for the cash received as reservations are made?

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?

Zendor company wants to have $200,000 available in august 2021 to make an equipment purchase. to be able to have this amount available, zendor will make equal annual deposits in an investment account earning 12% annually in june 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021. what is the dollar amount that must be deposited each of those years to achieve this objective?

In a "dutch auction" for new stock, individual investors place bids for shares directly. each potential bidder indicates the price he or she is willing to pay and how many shares he or she will purchase at that price. the highest price that permits the company to sell all the shares it wants to sell is determined, and this is the "market clearing price." all bidders who specified this price or higher are allowed to purchase their shares at the market clearing price. true false