The following are Silver Corporation's unit costs of making and selling an item at a volume of 7,800 units per month (which represents the company's capacity): Manufacturing: Direct materials $ 1.70 Direct labor $ 2.70 Variable overhead $ 1.20 Fixed overhead $ 0.75 Selling and administrative: Variable $ 2.70 Fixed $ 1.15 Present sales amount to 6,100 units per month. An order has been received from a customer in a foreign market for 1,700 units. The order would not affect regular sales. Total fixed costs, both manufacturing and selling and administrative, would not be affected by this order. The variable selling and administrative costs would have to be incurred for this special order as well as all other sales. Assume that direct labor is a variable cost. Assume the company has 85 units left over from last year which have small defects and which will have to be sold at a reduced price for scrap. The sale of these defective units will have no effect on the company's other sales. Which of the following costs is relevant in this decision?A. $6.35 unit product cost B. $5.60 variable manufacturing cost C. $10.20 full cost D. $2.70 variable selling and administrative cost

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?

Adisadvantage of corporations is that shareholders have to pay on profits.

The research of robert siegler and eric jenkins on the development of the counting-on strategy is an example of design.