A manufacturer wishes to make tee-shirts for the band Dixie Chicks. They sell for $11 each. She must deliver all the tee-shirts in 20 days time. The manufacturer will first set up some machines. Once all machines are set up she will turn them on. Each machine takes one day to set up. A machine produces 200 shirts in one day. All the machines must be set up before any of them are turned on. Express the total amount of money M she will receive for the shirts in terms of the number n of machines she decides to set up (assuming she sells all the shirts she makes).

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?