You are the facility services director for a small, but important, nonprofit organization that helps protect and relocate spouses who are the victims of abuse. Wanting to make an improvement to its public perception, you were approached by a vendor offering funding and facility service improvements to the nonprofit. The vendor's primary spokesperson is a well-known and controversial figure who was previously charged and released on spousal abuse charges. Entering into this contract would provide the nonprofit an excess of $60,000, which will be spent on automated technology to increase efficiency and allow for greater exposure of the program to help a projected 500 more victims a year. However, the result of implementing the automated system means that four paid staff members would lose their positions. Discuss whether you should enter into the contract with the vendor under the utilitarian approach and the deontological approach.

Uppose stanley's office supply purchases 50,000 boxes of pens every year. ordering costs are $100 per order and carrying costs are $0.40 per box. moreover, management has determined that the eoq is 5,000 boxes. the vendor now offers a quantity discount of $0.20 per box if the company buys pens in order sizes of 10,000 boxes. determine the before-tax benefit or loss of accepting the quantity discount. (assume the carrying cost remains at $0.40 per box whether or not the discount is taken.)

Laval produces lamps and home lighting fixtures. its most popular product is a brushed aluminum desk lamp. this lamp is made from components shaped in the fabricating department and assembled in the assembly department. information related to the 22,000 desk lamps produced annually follows.direct materials $280,000direct labor fabricating department (8,000 dlh × $24 per dlh) $192,000assembly department (16,600 dlh × $26 per dlh) $431,600machine hours fabricating department $15,200mhassembly department $20,850mhexpected overhead cost and related data for the two production departments follow.fabricating assemblydirect labor hours 150,000dlh 295,000dlhmachine hours 161,000mh 128,000mhoverhead cost $400,000 430,000required1. determine the plantwide overhead rate for laval using direct labor hours as a base.2. determine the total manufacturing cost per unit for the aluminum desk lamp using the plantwide overhead rate.3. compute departmental overhead rates based on machine hours in the fabricating department and direct labor hours in the assembly department.4. use departmental overhead rates from requirement 3 to determine the total manufacturing cost per unit for the aluminum desk lamps.

Experienced problem solvers always consider both the value and units of their answer to a problem. why?