The manager at East Coast Manufacturing organizes costs to prepare the Costs of Quality report. The manger compiled the following data: Employee training $ 166 comma 000 Warranty costs $ 195 comma 000 Rework $ 270 comma 000 Product testing $ 170 comma 000 Cost of rejected units $ 30 comma 000 Sales return processing costs $ 35 comma 000 Lost profits from lost sales $ 720 comma 000 Inspection at State I of Production $ 100 comma 000 Preventative maintenance $ 100 comma 000 Improved equipment $ 135 comma 000 What of the following cost is the total cost of quality the manager should use to report the costs in the internal failure cost category?

A. $195,000
B. $300,000
C. $270,000
D. $697,000
E. $200,000

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?