Cala manufacturing purchases a large lot on which an old building is located as part of its plans to build a new plant. the negotiated purchase price is $280,000 for the lot plus $110,000 for the old building.

Baldwin has negotiated a new labor contract for the next round that will affect the cost for their product bold. labor costs will go from $7.91 to $8.41 per unit. in addition, their material costs have fallen from $13.66 to $12.66. assume all period costs as reported on baldwin's income statement remain the same. if baldwin were to pass on half the new costs of labor and half the savings in materials to customers by adjusting the price of their product, how many units of product bold would need to be sold next round to break even on the product?

Teller co. is planning to sell 900 boxes of ceramic tile, with production estimated at 870 boxes during may. each box of tile requires 44 pounds of clay mix and a quarter hour of direct labor. clay mix costs $0.40 per pound and employees of the company are paid $12.00 per hour. manufacturing overhead is applied at a rate of 110% of direct labor costs. teller has 3,900 pounds of clay mix in beginning inventory and wants to have 4,500 pounds in ending inventory. what is the total amount to be budgeted for manufacturing overhead for the month?

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?