You are the facility services director for a small, but important, nonprofit organization that helps protect and relocate spouses who are the victims of abuse. Wanting to make an improvement to its public perception, you were approached by a vendor offering funding and facility service improvements to the nonprofit. The vendor's primary spokesperson is a well-known and controversial figure who was previously charged and released on spousal abuse charges. Entering into this contract would provide the nonprofit an excess of $60,000, which will be spent on automated technology to increase efficiency and allow for greater exposure of the program to help a projected 500 more victims a year. However, the result of implementing the automated system means that four paid staff members would lose their positions. Discuss whether you should enter into the contract with the vendor under the utilitarian approach and the deontological approach.

Last year, western corporation had sales of $5 million, cost of goods sold of $3 million, operating expenses of $175,000 and depreciation of $125,000. the firm received $40,000 in dividend income and paid $200,000 in interest on loans. also, western sold stock during the year, receiving a $40,000 gain on stock owned 6 years, but losing $60,000 on stock owned 4 years. what is the firm's tax liability?

Symantec corp., located in cupertino, california, is one of the world's largest producers of security and systems management software. the company's consolidated balance sheets for the 2009 and 2008 fiscal years included the following ($ in thousands): current assets: receivables, less allowances of $21,766 in 2009 and $24,089 in 2008 $ 838,010 $ 758,700 a disclosure note accompanying the financial statements reported the following ($ in thousands): year ended 2009 2008 (in thousands) trade accounts receivable, net: receivables $ 859,776 $ 782,789 less: allowance for doubtful accounts (8,938) (8,990) less: reserve for product returns (12,828) (15,099) trade accounts receivable, net: $ 838,010 $ 758,700 assume that the company reported bad debt expense in 2009 of $2,000 and had products returned for credit totaling $3,230 (sales price). net sales for 2009 were $6,174,800 (all numbers in thousands).required: what is the amount of accounts receivable due from customers at the end of 2009 and 2008? what amount of accounts receivable did symentec write off during 2009? what is the amount of symentec’s gross sales for the 2009 fiscal year? assuming that all sales are made on a credit basis, what is the amount of cash symentec collected from customers during the 2009 fiscal year?

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