Rhea Corporation has provided the following data for its two most recent years of operation: Selling price per unit $ 67 Manufacturing costs: Variable manufacturing cost per unit produced: Direct materials $ 10 Direct labor $ 5 Variable manufacturing overhead $ 3 Fixed manufacturing overhead per year $ 252,000 Selling and administrative expenses: Variable selling and administrative expense per unit sold $ 4 Fixed selling and administrative expense per year $ 65,000 Year 1 Year 2 Units in beginning inventory 0 1,000 Units produced during the year 9,000 7,000 Units sold during the year 8,000 7,000 Units in ending inventory 1,000 1,000 The net operating income (loss) under absorption costing in Year 2 is closest to:

Tyler has coffee with one of his direct reports almost daily. he does this to inquire in an informal way about progress on the job, and to provide coaching and support, as well as appropriate congratulations for special efforts. tyler is exhibiting which type of managerial skill?

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?

In william rathje's garbology project that focused on household waste, front door interviews found 15 percent of respondents saying that they consumed beer. the trash discard from the same area showed what percentage of household's consuming beer