Headland Company sponsors a defined benefit pension plan for its employees. The following data relate to the operation of the plan for the years 2020 and 2021.

2020

2021

Projected benefit obligation, January 1 $604,400
Plan assets (fair value and market-related value), January 1 413,300
Pension asset/liability, January 1 191,100 Cr.
Prior service cost, January 1 159,200
Service cost 40,000 $58,500
Settlement rate 10 % 10 %
Expected rate of return 10 % 10 %
Actual return on plan assets 36,000 61,600
Amortization of prior service cost 69,300 50,000
Annual contributions 96,700 81,400
Benefits paid retirees 31,600 54,040
Increase in projected benefit obligation due to changes in actuarial assumptions 86,300 0
Accumulated benefit obligation at December 31 722,000 792,600
Average service life of all employees 20 years
Vested benefit obligation at December 31
465,900

1.Prepare a pension worksheet presenting both years 2020 and 2021.

2.

Prepare the journal entries (from the worksheet) to reflect all pension plan transactions and events at December 31 of each year.

3. For 2021, indicate the pension amounts reported in the financial statements.

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?