Q6.1: babymart, inc. manufactures baby cribs and currently has fixed costs of $50,000 and a sales price per unit of $315. babymart is expecting the variable costs of its baby cribs to increase from $90 to $115 due to an increase in prices by one of the company's major raw materials suppliers. babymart plans to cut fixed costs by $5,000 but is going to hold the line on the selling price of its cribs. babymart currently has monthly net income of $40,000 on sales of 400 cribs. to maintain the same level of income, babymart will need to sell an additional units per month.

Christopher kim, cfa, is a banker with batts brothers, an investment banking firm. kim follows the energy industry and has frequent contact with industry executives. kim is contacted by the ceo of a large oil and gas corporation who wants batts brothers to underwrite a secondary offering of the company's stock. the ceo offers kim the opportunity to fly on his private jet to his ranch in texas for an exotic game hunting expedition if kim's firm can complete the underwriting within 90 days. according to cfa institute standards of conduct, kim: a) may accept the offer as long as he discloses the offer to batts brothers.b) may not accept the offer because it is considered lavish entertainment.c) must obtain written consent from batts brothers before accepting the offer.