You're a management consultant who has been asked by Green Company to help design an ethics communication and training program for all Green Company employees. Your meetings to date have been with the head of human resources, and your contract with the company has been negotiated with him. Once the papers have been signed, you begin your research and are quickly stymied by Green's corporate counsel. He says you will not be allowed to ask employees about ethical dilemmas that have occurred at Green. He specifically asked you to get your information from other sources such as press accounts of problems in the industry, or from other organizations you've worked with.
In addition, the head of human resources has told you that you'll be unable to meet the three most senior executives because they're busy negotiating a large acquisition. You will have access to other high-level members who can tell you what they think the seniors want.
You're instructed to write a code of conduct for the company and a mission statement, and to prepare presentations for the senior managers to give to employees sometime next month on corporate expectations and values.
Based on what you know about developing ethical cultures and programs, identify the problems presented by this case.
Why do you think the corporate counsel has responded in this way? What will be your response to him, if any?
As a consultant, what are your ethical obligations, if any?
How will you proceed?

Alpha company uses the periodic inventory system for purchase & sales of merchandise. discount terms for both purchases & sales are, 2/10, n30 and the gross method is used. unless otherwise noted, fob destination will apply to all purchases & sales. the value of inventory is based on periodic system. on january 1, 2016, beginning inventory consisted of 350 units of widgets costing $10 each. alpha prepares monthly income statements. the following events occurred during the month of jan.: dateactivitya. jan. 3purchased on account 350 widgets for $11 each. b.jan. 5sold on account 400 widgets for $30 each. paid freight out with petty cash of $150.c. jan. 10purchased on account 625 widgets for $12 each. d.jan. 11shipping cost for the january 10 purchased merchandise was $400 was paid with a cheque by alpha directly to the freight company. e.jan. 12returned 50 widgets received from jan. 10 purchase as they were not the correct item ordered. f.jan. 13paid for the purchases made on jan. 3.g. jan. 21sold on account 550 widgets for $30 each. paid freight out with petty cash of $250.h. jan. 22authorize credit without return of goods for 50 widgets sold on jan. 21 when customer advised that they were received in defective condition. i.jan. 25received payment for the sale made on jan. 5.j. jan. 26paid for the purchases made on jan. 10.k. jan. 31received payment for the sale made on jan. 21.use this information to prepare the general journal entries (without explanation) for the january events. if no entry is required then enter the date and write "no entry required."

Aprimary advantage of organizing economic activity within firms is thea. ability to coordinate highly complex tasks to allow for specialized division of labor. b. low administrative costs because of reduced bureaucracy. c. eradication of the principal-agent problem. d. high-powered incentive to work as salaried employees for an existing firm.

Prepare the operating activities section—indirect method.(lo 4), apthe income statement of paxson company is presented here. paxson companyincome statementfor the year ended november 30, 2014sales revenue $7,600,000cost of goods sold beginning inventory$1,900,000 purchases4,400,000goods available for sale6,300,000 ending inventory1,600,000total cost of goods sold 4,700,000gross profit 2,900,000operating expenses selling expenses450,000 administrative expenses700,0001,150,000net income $1,750,000additional information: prepare the operating activities section—indirect 1. accounts receivable decreased $380,000 during the year, and inventory decreased $300,000.2. prepaid expenses increased $150,000 during the year.3. accounts payable to suppliers of merchandise decreased $350,000 during the year.4. accrued expenses payable decreased $100,000 during the year.5. administrative expenses include depreciation expense of $110,000.instructionsprepare the operating activities section of the statement of cash flows for the year ended november 30, 2014, for paxson company, using the indirect method. net cash provided $1,940,000