The carlberg company has two manufacturing departments, assembly and painting. the assembly department started 11,800 units during november. the following production activity unit and cost information refers to the assembly department’s november production activities. assembly department units percent of direct materials added percent of conversion beginning work in process 2,500 60 % 40 % units transferred out 9,500 100 % 100 % ending work in process 4,800 80 % 30 % beginning work in process inventory—assembly dept $ 3,819 (includes $1,816 for direct materials and $2,003 for conversion) costs added during the month: direct materials $ 24,864 conversion $ 25,347 rev: 04_18_2018_qc_cs-124631 required: calculate the assembly department’s cost per equivalent unit of production for materials and for conversion for november. use the weighted-average method.

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?