Harmon recently quit his job that he had worked at for the past 10 years in order to start his own business, a company that specializes in pet care
services. He has a lot of good ideas, but doesn't have a firm business plan. A
month after starting his new company, he applied for a loan at a bank so that
he could buy a new office space. Which of the following is likely to be true in
this situation?
A. The bank will not care about the lack of business plan because
he's only been in business for a month.
B. The bank will be slow to lend to him because of how long he was
at his previous job.
C. The bank might be slow to lend to him because of the lack of a
firm business plan.
D. Harmon only needs to show the bank his record of income from
his old job, not his new business.

Which of the following statements about brand names is true? brand names give the seller an incentive to provide consistently high-quality products and services in order to protect the reputation of the brand. brand names are always economically wasteful since they dupe consumers into buying more expensive goods and services that are no different from generic versions. it is always rational to prefer brand names over generic substitutes. read the following example and determine whether it illustrates a common critique or defense of advertising. musashi sees a commercial for a brand x clothing company that depicts the wearers of the clothes out having a good time with friends. although he doesn't particularly need new clothes, the commercial prompts him to buy a brand x t-shirt.

The lee family is looking to buy a house in one of two suburban areas just outside of a major city, and air quality is a top priority for them. overall air quality is calculated by taking measures in 100 locations within each suburb and then calculating a measure of central tendency. in one suburb, there is a major bus station that creates very poor air quality at its location but has no impact in the surrounding parts of the suburb. in this situation, which measure of overall suburb air quality would be most useful?

The textbook defines ethics as “the principles of conduct governing an individual or a group,” and specifically as the standards one uses to decide what their conduct should be. to what extent do you believe that what happened at bp (british petrolium) is as much a breakdown in the company’s ethical systems as it is in its safety systems, and how would you defend your conclusion?