Big-mart dismisses an employee who was caught stealing items from the store’s stockroom. in retaliation, the employee threatens to file a lawsuit claiming race discrimination. assuming the discipline was based on facts, not bias, how can big-mart best protect itself from being liable for such claims? a. by establishing and following a formal discipline policy, so discipline is fairb. by disclosing personal information showing the employee is not trustworthyc. by avoiding any implied agreements with the employees it hiresd. by never asking employees to do anything illegale. by conducting random searches more frequently

At which stage would you introduce your product to the market at large? a. development stage b. market testing stage c. commercialization stage d. ideation stage

Laval produces lamps and home lighting fixtures. its most popular product is a brushed aluminum desk lamp. this lamp is made from components shaped in the fabricating department and assembled in the assembly department. information related to the 22,000 desk lamps produced annually follows.direct materials $280,000direct labor fabricating department (8,000 dlh × $24 per dlh) $192,000assembly department (16,600 dlh × $26 per dlh) $431,600machine hours fabricating department $15,200mhassembly department $20,850mhexpected overhead cost and related data for the two production departments follow.fabricating assemblydirect labor hours 150,000dlh 295,000dlhmachine hours 161,000mh 128,000mhoverhead cost $400,000 430,000required1. determine the plantwide overhead rate for laval using direct labor hours as a base.2. determine the total manufacturing cost per unit for the aluminum desk lamp using the plantwide overhead rate.3. compute departmental overhead rates based on machine hours in the fabricating department and direct labor hours in the assembly department.4. use departmental overhead rates from requirement 3 to determine the total manufacturing cost per unit for the aluminum desk lamps.

The year-end financial statements of calloway company contained the following elements and corresponding amounts: assets = $34,000; liabilities = ? ; common stock = $6,400; revenue = $13,800; dividends = $1,450; beginning retained earnings = $4,450; ending retained earnings = $8,400. based on this information, the amount of expenses on calloway's income statement was