On January 1, 2021, the Highlands Company began construction on a new manufacturing facility for its own use. The building was completed in 2022. The company borrowed $1,500,000 at 10% on January 1 to help finance the construction. In addition to the construction loan, Highlands had the following debt outstanding throughout 2021: $8,000,000, 15% bonds $2,000,000, 10% long-term note Construction expenditures incurred during 2021 were as follows: January 1 $ 660,000 March 31 1,260,000 June 30 872,000 September 30 660,000 December 31 460,000 Required: Calculate the amount of interest capitalized for 2021 using the specific interest method. (Do not round the intermediate calculations. Round your percentage answers to 1 decimal place (i. e. 0.123 should be entered as 12.3%).)

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?