Exercise 14-15 The following financial information is available for Plummer Corporation. 2017 2016 Average common stockholders’ equity $1,190,000 $881,000 Dividends paid to common stockholders 52,000 34,500 Dividends paid to preferred stockholders 24,500 24,500 Net income 285,000 200,000 Market price of common stock 22 17 The weighted-average number of shares of common stock outstanding was 79,000 for 2016 and 106,000 for 2017. Calculate earnings per share and return on common stockholders’ equity for 2017 and 2016. (Round answers to 2 decimal places, e. g. 10.50% or 10.50.)

What was involved in the american express bluework program? select one: a. employees are provided with opportunities for flexible arrangements b. a system that tracks the hours each employee works in a given day c. employees can work on tasks they choose, as long as they are in the office d. employees who are wary of newer technologies e. employees are provided with better office facilities so they stay in the office longer?

Wilson center is a private not-for-profit voluntary health and welfare entity. during 2017, it received unrestricted pledges of $638,000, 65 percent of which were payable in 2017, with the remainder payable in 2018 (for use in 2018). officials estimate that 14 percent of all pledges will be uncollectible. a. how much should wilson center report as contribution revenue for 2017? b. in addition, a local social worker, earning $20 per hour working for the state government, contributed 600 hours of time to wilson center at no charge. without these donated services, the organization would have hired an additional staff person. how should wilson center record the contributed service?

The textbook defines ethics as “the principles of conduct governing an individual or a group,” and specifically as the standards one uses to decide what their conduct should be. to what extent do you believe that what happened at bp (british petrolium) is as much a breakdown in the company’s ethical systems as it is in its safety systems, and how would you defend your conclusion?