ABC Corporation owns 75 percent of XYZ Company's voting shares. During 20X8, ABC produced 50,000 chairs at a cost of $79 each and sold 35,000 chairs to XYZ for $90 each. XYZ sold 18,000 of the chairs to unaffiliated companies for $117 each prior to December 31, 20X8, and sold the remainder in early 20X9 to unaffiliated companies for $130 each. Both companies use perpetual inventory systems.
Based on the information given above, what amount of cost of goods sold did ABC record in 20X8?
a. $2,765,000
b. $1,620,000
c. $1,422,000
d. $2,963,000

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?