You may worry that the indirect organizational strategy is unethical and manipulative, but the alternative—breaking the news bluntly—can cause pain and hard feelings. Fill in the blank with the most appropriate answer. Your goal in using the indirect strategy is to be a communicator. Read the following scenario, and answer the following question. Printing and copying costs have skyrocketed at your company, and the company will begin charging employees for all hard copies of documents related to internal use. The message informing employees of this change uses an indirect approach and focuses on the environmental benefits of going paperless.
Is the sender using an indirect approach in an ethical or unethical manner?
a. Unethical
b. Ethical

On january 1, jackson, inc.'s work-process inventory account showed a balance of $ 66,500. during the year, materials requisitioned for use in production amounted to $ 70,500, of which $ 67,700 represented direct materials. factory wages for the period were $ 210,000 of which $ 187,000 were for direct labor. manufacturing overhead is allocated on the basis of 60% of direct labor cost. actual overhead was $ 116,050. jobs costing $ 353,060 were completed during the year. the december 31 balance in work-process inventory is

You and your new australian bride matilda, are applying for a loan and are required to submit a balance sheet with your net worth. you own a 2008 toyota camry that you bought last month for $9,995. the kelly blue book value for this car is $13,995. you owe $8,150 on the car loan for the camry. you pay off your visa credit card every month and have not paid any credit card interest this year. the current visa credit card balance is $3,522, and the next statement is due in 15 days. you have a student loan balance of $6,500. you presently have $425 in your checking account and $1,540 in your savings account. you own 100 shares of ibm stock that you purchased for $85.50 per share. one share of ibm is now selling for $158.42. you own computers and other electronics that you purchased for $4,100 but could probably sell today on e-bay for $1,800. your gross income is $80,000 per year. what is your current net worth? (see wb ch. 2 example 2.3)

What is the equity method balance in the investment in lindman account at the end of 2018?