True or false?
west african coastal countries have borrowed money from the world bank and the international monetary fund.

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?

Miller company’s most recent contribution format income statement is shown below: total per unit sales (20,000 units) $300,000 $15.00 variable expenses 180,000 9.00 contribution margin 120,000 $6.00 fixed expenses 70,000 net operating income $ 50,000 required: prepare a new contribution format income statement under each of the following conditions (consider each case independently): (do not round intermediate calculations. round your "per unit" answers to 2 decimal places.) 1. the number of units sold increases by 15%.

Which of the following describes a situation of scarcity? a. someone offers free advice about getting into college. b. someone distributes free bottles of water at the beach. c. a child charges friends for a ride on his new bike. d. a person lets the kids in the neighborhood use his pool.