The ethics review board at xyz college is composed of students who were elected by the student body. when a student is charged with an ethics violation, the board meets to hear both sides of the dispute in a confidential meeting. their decisions are not binding on the parties, according to college policies. they are acting as:
a. ombudsmen.
b. negotiators.
c. a peer review team.
d. conciliators.
e. facilitators.

Franklin painting company is considering whether to purchase a new spray paint machine that costs $4,800. the machine is expected to save labor, increasing net income by $720 per year. the effective life of the machine is 15 years according to the manufacturer’s estimate. required determine the unadjusted rate of return based on the average cost of the investment.

Ajustification for job training programs is that they improve worker productivity. suppose that you are asked to evaluate whether more job training makes workers more productive. however, rather than having data on individual workers, you have access to data on manufacturing firms in ohio. in particu- lar, for each firm, you have information on hours of job training per worker (training) and number of nondefective items produced per worker hour (output). (i) carefully state the ceteris paribus thought experiment underlying this policy question. (ii) does it seem likely that a firm’s decision to train its workers will be independent of worker characteristics? what are some of those measurable and unmeasurable worker characteristics? (iii) name a factor other than worker characteristics that can affect worker productivity. (iv) if you find a positive correlation between output and training, would you have convincingly established that job training makes workers more productive? explain.

Starting at age 30, you deposit $2000 a year into an ira account for retirement. treat the yearly deposits into the account as a continuous income stream. if money in the account earns 7%, compounded continuously, how much will be in the account 35 years later, when you retire at age 65? how much of the final amount is interest?