Sam is a manager at StyleOne Apparels Inc. and is friends with the company's CEO. This privilege gives Sam the information that StyleOne Apparels is in the midst of talks to take over a leading rival. Sam buys stocks of StyleOne with the expectation that its stocks will appreciate. But the deal falls through and the stocks of StyleOne depreciate in the following months. Are Sam's actions unethical

Haley photocopying purchases a paper from an out-of-state vendor. average weekly demand for paper is 150 cartons per week for which haley pays $15 per carton. in bound shipments from the vendor average 1000 cartoons with an average lead time of 3 weeks. haley operates 52 weeks per year; it carries a 4-week supply of inventory as safety stock and no anticipation inventory. the vendor has recently announced that they will be building a faculty near haley photocopying that will reduce lead time to one week. further, they will be able to reduce shipments to 200 cartons. haley believes that they will be able to reduce safety stock to a 1-week supply. what impact will these changes make to haley’s average inventory level and its average aggregated inventory value?