Suppose martin, a laptop computer salesperson, tells one of his customers that his computers are as fast as lightning. would martin's comment be considered unethical?
a. yes, because the information is deceptive, no computer is fast as lightning.
b. yes, because he is clearly lying to his customer, an act that is illegal.
c. no, because it is not reasonable to expect that his customer would take his comment literally.
d. no, because it's okay to exaggerate a product's features and benefits when talking with customers.
e. yes, because he is misleading the customer.

Acompany that makes shopping carts for supermarkets and other stores recently purchased some new equipment that reduces the labor content of the jobs needed to produce the shopping carts. prior to buying the new equipment, the company used 6 workers, who produced an average of 79 carts per hour. workers receive $16 per hour, and machine coast was $49 per hour. with the new equipment, it was possible to transfer one of the workers to another department, and equipment cost increased by $11 per hour while output increased by four carts per hour. a) compute the multifactor productivity (mfp) (labor plus equipment) under the prior to buying the new equipment. the mfp (carts/$) = (round to 4 decimal places). b) compute the productivity changes between the prior to and after buying the new equipment. the productivity growth = % (round to 2 decimal places)