Mike, a project manager, is working on a construction project. He is in the process of conducting procurements for heavy machinery and steel that is needed for the project. He recognizes his friend Audrey as one of the sellers on the sellers list. After reviewing all the proposals from the various sellers and reviewing the bids, Mike would like to award the contract to Audrey's company. Her company has the reputation of having the most experience and the best product quality. In addition, her bid was the lowest received. However, he is not sure if he should, because Audrey is a friend and awarding the contract to her company could be perceived as a conflict of interest. Which action should he take

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Two products, qi and vh, emerge from a joint process. product qi has been allocated $34,300 of the total joint costs of $55,000. a total of 2,900 units of product qi are produced from the joint process. product qi can be sold at the split-off point for $11 per unit, or it can be processed further for an additional total cost of $10,900 and then sold for $13 per unit. if product qi is processed further and sold, what would be the financial advantage (disadvantage) for the company compared with sale in its unprocessed form directly after the split-off point?

On january 8, the end of the first weekly pay period of the year, regis company's payroll register showed that its employees earned $22,760 of office salaries and $70,840 of sales salaries. withholdings from the employees' salaries include fica social security taxes at the rate of 6.20%, fica medicare taxes at the rate of 1.45%, $13,260 of federal income taxes, $1,450 of medical insurance deductions, and $860 of union dues. no employee earned more than $7,000 in this first pay period. required: 1.1 calculate below the amounts for each of these four taxes of regis company. regis’s merit rating reduces its state unemployment tax rate to 3% of the first $7,000 paid to each employee. the federal unemployment tax rate is 0.60