On december 31, 2018, l inc. had a $2,400,000 note payable outstanding, due july 31, 2019. l borrowed the money to finance construction of a new plant. l planned to refinance the note by issuing long-term bonds. because l temporarily had excess cash, it prepaid $590,000 of the note on january 23, 2019. in february 2019, l completed a $3,900,000 bond offering. l will use the bond offering proceeds to repay the note payable at its maturity and to pay construction costs during 2019. on march 13, 2019, l issued its 2018 financial statements. what amount of the note payable should l include in the current liabilities section of its december 31, 2018, balance sheet?

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?