How Does Being Good Pay Off? Organizations are under increasing pressure to do the right thing and serve the public good, and there are a multitude of ways that organizations can be ethical and socially responsible. Although organizations should always consider ways to do this, these decisions often come at a financial cost and thus create dilemmas for organizational decision makers. This activity is important because it highlights the ways that being socially responsible is beneficial for organizations. The goal of this exercise is to challenge your knowledge of research findings on how being ethical and socially responsible pays off for organizations. Listed in the diagram are statements showing how ethical and socially responsible behavior by a company affects various stakeholders. Read the statements and then drag each term to the element of ethical or socially responsible behavior that it best represents Interpersonal Relationships Employees Profits Stock Price Revenue Customers Consumers want to Socially responsible spend more money companies generate An ethical scandal can cause a with companies that significantly higher 5- year returns on are socially company's valuation invested capital responsible to plummet Workers may be happier and less likely to leave when their company is socially responsible Companies with Investors are effective ethics and increasingly seeking compliance cultures socially responsible find their employees companies to put are less likely to their money into retaliate against one another

Which analyst position analyzes information using mathematical models to business managers make decisions? -budget analyst -management analyst -credit analyst -operations research analyst

Required information problem 15-1a production costs computed and recorded; reports prepared lo c2, p1, p2, p3, p4 [the following information applies to the questions displayed below. marcelino co.'s march 31 inventory of raw materials is $84,000. raw materials purchases in april are $540,000, and factory payroll cost in april is $364,000. overhead costs incurred in april are: indirect materials, $59,000; indirect labor, $26,000; factory rent, $38,000; factory utilities, $19,000; and factory equipment depreciation, $58,000. the predetermined overhead rate is 50% of direct labor cost. job 306 is sold for $670,000 cash in april. costs of the three jobs worked on in april follow. job 306 job 307 job 308 balances on march 31 direct materials $30,000 $36,000 direct labor 25,000 14,000 applied overhead 12,500 7,000 costs during april direct materials 133,000 210,000 $100,000 direct labor 105,000 150,000 101,000 applied overhead ? ? ? status on april 30 finished (sold) finished in process (unsold) required: 1. determine the total of each production cost incurred for april (direct labor, direct materials, and applied overhead), and the total cost assigned to each job (including the balances from march 31). a-materials purchases (on credit). b-direct materials used in production. c-direct labor paid and assigned to work in process inventory. d-indirect labor paid and assigned to factory overhead. e-overhead costs applied to work in process inventory. f-actual overhead costs incurred, including indirect materials. (factory rent and utilities are paid in cash.) g-transfer of jobs 306 and 307 to finished goods inventory. h-cost of goods sold for job 306. i-revenue from the sale of job 306. j-assignment of any underapplied or overapplied overhead to the cost of goods sold account. (the amount is not material.) 2. prepare journal entries for the month of april to record the above transactions. 3. prepare a schedule of cost of goods manufactured. 4.1 compute gross profit for april. 4.2 show how to present the inventories on the april 30 balance sheet.

Why does the downward-sloping production possibilities curve imply that factors of production are scarce?