Amanager was in the process of hiring a new employee and interviewed several candidates. after narrowing the search down to two candidates, the manager and another employee searched several social media sites and reviewed the two candidates' accounts to gain additional information about them and to decide who they thought would be a better fit for the organization. the manager and employee used the information found in the social media searches in making their final selection for the position. the use of the information gained from the social media search was not disclosed to either candidate at any point in the interview process. assume you are the director of human resources for the company, and you have just learned about the social media searches that were used in the hiring process. write a 250-word memo to the company managers that addresses the ethical issues resulting from this situation. your goal is to reeducate managers about the ethical framework of your organization and the way business, including hiring, is conducted. include discussion of the following. the legality of the use of personal information taken from social media as part of the hiring process. the legality of failing to disclose to candidates of the use of social media account reviews as part of the hiring process. summary of the ethical dilemmas and the ambiguities of the situation.

Onsider the following subscription behavior information from genie, a web site that provides tools for constructing a family tree (ancestor search). subscriptions cost $9.99 per month, but you are charged for the entire year at the time of purchase. there is a one-year minimum term when you sign up for the service. once purchased, subscriptions are set to renew automatically unless the subscriber cancels them. when a membership renews, it renews for a one-year term and again you are charged for the entire year. there are no variable costs associated with providing this service to an individual customer, but genie does engage in customer relationship activities that they believe will increase customer retention. these customer relationship activities cost genie about $10 per year per customer. based on a sample of 1000 customers that joined genie five years ago, near the time when the company was founded, they were able to determine how many of those customers remained subscribers in the second year, third year etc. based on this information, genie calculated the average annual retention rate to be 20%. genie uses an annual discount rate of 8%. a. last year, genie spent $10,000 placing advertisements on google. genie management believes that these advertisements were responsible for about 300 new subscribers. would you recommend to genie management that they purchase more google ads? b. suppose a newly-introduced loyalty program increases the number of customers that remained to 30%. does this new data change your answer to 9.a? c. do you have any hesitations or concerns about making recommendations to management based on your above estimate of customer lifetime value?

A.j. was a newly hired attorney for idle time gaming, inc. even though he reported directly to the president of the company, a.j. noticed that the president always had time to converse with the director of sales, calling on him to get a pulse on legal/regulatory issues that, as the company attorney, a.j. could have probably handled. a.j. also noted that the hr manager’s administrative assistant was the go-to person for a number of things that would make life easier at work. a.j. was recognizing the culture at idle time gaming.

Which of the following would indicate an improvement in a company's financial position, holding other things constant? a. the inventory and total assets turnover ratios both decline.b. the debt ratio increases.c. the profit margin declines.d. the times-interest-earned ratio declines.e. the current and quick ratios both increase.