Is there a conflict between maximizing shareholder wealth and never paying bribes when doing business abroad? if so, how might you explain the firm's position to shareholders asking why the company does not pay bribes when its foreign competitors in various nations clearly do so? explain how saint leo’s core value of responsible stewardship is reflected in your answer.

Which of the following describes one of the ways that the demographics of an area affect the price of housing in that area? a. when more people have children, their incomes tend to be higher and the housing prices are also higher. b. older people are more likely to stay in their houses, creating a seller's market that keeps prices low. c. an area with a lower population density won't have enough construction workers to build new houses quickly. d. an area with younger people will have a higher demand for rentals and a lower demand for buying.

Asemiprofessional baseball team near your town plays two home games each month at the local baseball park. they split the concessions 50/50 with the city, but keep revenue from ticket sales for themselves. the city charges the team $100 each month for the three-month season. the team pays the players and manager a total of $1,000 a month. the team charges $10 for each ticket, and the average customer spends $7 at the concession stand. attendance averages 30 people at each home game.in order to break even, how many tickets does the team need to sell for each game? a. 33b. 37c. 41e. 49f. 244

Activity-based costing (abc) is not truly a cost collection mechanism as much as it is an inventory valuation method. the main purpose for implementing an activity-based cost system is to try to overcome some of the cost distortions that occur in traditional costing from product differences when there are variations in size and complexity. however, one of the disadvantages of utilizing abc is that the additional information gathering necessary to implement costing with that level of detail might be beyond the reach of some companies with resource or financial constraints. with this in mind, what kinds of industries or companies do you think would benefit most from using activity-based costing and why? in designing or modifying an accounting system to capture appropriate costs for abc, what considerations do you think would need to be made?