Employees at GloboTech, a start-up software company, noticed that the owner overlooked certain questionable actions of high billing associates. Other employees, who worked hard but only brought in an average number of new clients each month, were highly scrutinized. After you read this chapter about the ethical behavior of many Americans, which of the following statements applies here?
A. The owner will continue to operate this way until someone blows the whistle.
B. We cannot expect people in the U. S. to all follow similar ethical patterns because there are too many cultures to deal with. Businesses are no different. C. This story indicates that moral absolutes are very prevalent today in business settings. D. As is often the case today, some leaders will look at each situation individually when making value judgments.

You are an employee of an u. s. firm that produces personal computers in thailand and then exports them to the united states and other countries for sale. the personal computers were originally produced in thailand to take advantage of relatively low labor costs and a skilled workforce. other possible locations considered at that time were malaysia and hong kong. the u. s. government decides to impose punitive 100% ad valorem tariffs on imports of computers from thailand to punish the country for administrative trade barriers that restrict u. s. exports to thailand. how do you think your firm should respond? what does this tell you about the use of targeted trade barriers?

Suppose that jim plans to borrow money for an education at texas a& m university. jim will need to borrow $25,000 at the end of each year for the next five years (total=$125,000). jim wishes his parents could pay for his education but they can’t. at least, he qualifies for government loans with a reduced interest rate while he is in school. he has a special arrangement with aggiebank to lend him the money at a subsidized rate of 1% over five years without having to make a payment until the end of the fifth year. however, at the end of the fifth year, jim agrees to pay off the loan by borrowing from longhorn bank. longhorn bank will lend him the money he needs at an annual interest rate of 6%. jim agrees to pay back the longhorn bank with 20 annual payments and the payments will be uniform (equal annual payments including principal and interest). (i) calculate how much money jim has to borrow at the end of 5 years to pay off the loan with aggiebank. a. $121,336 b. $127,525 c. $125,000 d. $102,020 e. none of the above

(a) what do you think will happen if the price of non-gm crops continues to rise? why? (b) what will happen if the price of non-gm food drops? why?