"ms. ward plans to open a pizza bistro and name it ward’s pizza. as owner, ms. ward wants this venture to be as successful and as profitable as possible. she needs to determine how many employees to schedule for a given shift and must keep the wage cost as low as possible. ms. ward decides on the following pay rates: crew members (c) will be hired at $8.00 per hour, shift supervisors (s) at $10.00 per hour, and assistant managers (m) at $15.00 per hour. ms. ward’s business plan includes one assistant manager working each shift and one shift supervisor for every five crew members. ms. ward has been advised that at least seven crew members are needed to work each shift. we would like to minimize the employee wages while still meeting customer demand. which variable is not a decision variable

Consider the scenario below and let us know if you believe lauren smith's actions to be ethical. let us know why or why not. lauren smith is the controller for sports central, a chain of sporting goods stores. she has been asked to recommend a site for a new store. lauren has an uncle who owns a shopping plaza in the area of town where the new store is to be located, so she decides to contact her uncle about leasing space in his plaza. lauren also contacted several other shopping plazas and malls, but her uncle’s store turned out to be the most economical place to lease. therefore, lauren recommended locating the new store in her uncle’s shopping plaza. in making her recommendation to management, she did not disclose that her uncle owns the shopping plaza. if management decided to go with lauren's uncle's plaza, what additional information would be needed in the financial statements?