A major casual dining chain decided to install tablet computers at the booths in their restaurants. Customers can now browse the menu at their leisure and place their orders without the help of servers. Thousands of workers lose their jobs. They can best be classified as unemployed. A) cyclically
B) structurally
C) naturally
D) frictionally
E) seasonally

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?

Mordica company identifies three activities in its manufacturing process: machine setups, machining, and inspections. estimated annual overhead cost for each activity is $156,960, $382,800, and $84,640, respectively. the cost driver for each activity and the expected annual usage are number of setups 2,180, machine hours 25,520, and number of inspections 1,840. compute the overhead rate for each activity. machine setups $ per setup machining $ per machine hour inspections $ per inspection

Rediger inc., a manufacturing corporation, has provided the following data for the month of june. the balance in the work in process inventory account was $28,000 at the beginning of the month and $20,000 at the end of the month. during the month, the corporation incurred direct materials cost of $56,200 and direct labor cost of $29,800. the actual manufacturing overhead cost incurred was $53,600. the manufacturing overhead cost applied to work in process was $52,200. the cost of goods manufactured for june was: