Dorothy (an audit manager) has been assigned to the audit of Tandem Electric, Inc. Dorothy is concerned that Joanne, a friend from her college days, is on the internal audit staff of Tandem Electric. Dorothy believes she could provide services to this client in an objective manner. Which statement best describes how Dorothy should apply the AICPA conceptual framework approach in this situation?

a. Dorothy should refuse to provide services to Tandem Electric because no safeguards would be effective in mitigating the threat(s) to her independence.

b. Dorothy should not participate in the audit of Tandem Electric before obtaining a written waiver from her firm's general counsel.

c. Dorothy should consider the threats to her independence and whether safeguards may be applied that reduce the threat(s) to an acceptable level.

d. Dorothy should document her assessment of independence, which should include a sworn statement from Joanne.

Verizon communications, inc., provides the following footnote relating to its leasing activities in its 10-k report. the aggregate minimum rental commitments under noncancelable leases for the periods shown at december 31, 2010, are as follows: years (dollars in millions) capital leases operatingleases 2011 $97 $1,898 2012 74 1,720 2013 70 1,471 2014 54 1,255 2015 42 1,012 thereafter 81 5,277 total minimum 418 $ 12,633 rental commitments less interest and (86) executory costs present value of 332 minimum lease payments less current (75) installments long-term obligation $257 at december 31, 2010 (a) confirm that verizon capitalized its capital leases using a rate of 7.4 %. (b) compute the present value of verizon's operating leases, assuming an 7.4% discount rate and rounding the remaining lease term to 3 decimal places. (use a financial calculator or excel to compute. do not round until your final answers. round each answer to the nearest whole number.)