Marigold Corp. is planning to sell 800 boxes of ceramic tile, with production estimated at 970 boxes during May. Each box of tile requires 44 pounds of clay mix and a 0.75 hour of direct labor. Clay mix costs $0.40 per pound and employees of the company are paid $12 per hour. Manufacturing overhead is applied at a rate of 110% of direct labor costs. Marigold has 2900 pounds of clay mix in beginning inventory and wants to have 4100 pounds in ending inventory. What is the total amount to be budgeted for manufacturing overhead for the month

David burdick is the ceo of acme bubblegum, a successful public company. as one of the cofounders of the company, burdick has enjoyed speaking and writing about the success of acme bubblegum for several years. typically, he speaks at conferences or directly to the press, but recently, he has been blogging about his firm anonymously. specifically, he defended a recent advertising campaign that was unpopular among consumers and pointedly attacked one of acme bubblegum’s competitors. burdick deeply enjoys his anonymous blogging and believes that none of his readers actually know that he works for acme bubblegum.should burdick be allowed to praise his company’s performance anonymously online? should he be allowed to attack his competitors without disclosing his relationship with the company? how would you feel if the ceo of a company at which you shopped was secretly writing criticisms of his or her competition? how would you feel if you knew a writer for your favorite blog was actually closely involved in a company that the blog discussed? 1. define the ethical issue? 2. who are the primary stakeholders? 3. what are the possible alternatives? 4. how could you evaluate the ethical implications of the alternative actions (use appropriate decision rules)? 5. what action would you recommend and why?