Most correctional agencies have a code of conduct (ethics). a common provision in a code of conduct is that an employee will not accept or give anything of value from/to an inmate. you are a correction officer in a jail. inmates in the jail frequently complain that it is too cold, in the housing units. the administration has policies that govern inmate clothing and property; due to the many complaints all inmates have been issued an extra blanket (this is a temporary exception to the existing policy). your next door neighbor, whom you have known since you were a child, has a son currently incarcerated in the jail. the son was a childhood friend. the mother approaches you and asks that you deliver a sweatshirt to her son, which she will purchase. she explains that she believes that her son is ill, and that she fears he will become worse due to the temperature in the cell block. how would you handle this situation?

The following cost data relate to the manufacturing activities of chang company during the just completed year: manufacturing overhead costs incurred: indirect materials $ 15,800 indirect labor 138,000 property taxes, factory 8,800 utilities, factory 78,000 depreciation, factory 150,600 insurance, factory 10,800 total actual manufacturing overhead costs incurred $ 402,000 other costs incurred: purchases of raw materials (both direct and indirect) $ 408,000 direct labor cost $ 68,000 inventories: raw materials, beginning $ 20,800 raw materials, ending $ 30,800 work in process, beginning $ 40,800 work in process, ending $ 70,800 the company uses a predetermined overhead rate of $20 per machine-hour to apply overhead cost to jobs. a total of 20,500 machine-hours were used during the year. required: 1. compute the amount of underapplied or overapplied overhead cost for the year. 2. prepare a schedule of cost of goods manufactured for the year.

If the ceo of a large, diversified, firm were filling out a fitness report on a division manager (i.e., "grading" the manager), which of the following situations would be likely to cause the manager to receive a better grade? in all cases, assume that other things are held constant.a. the division's basic earning power ratio is above the average of other firms in its industry.b. the division's total assets turnover ratio is below the average for other firms in its industry.c. the division's debt ratio is above the average for other firms in the industry.d. the division's inventory turnover is 6, whereas the average for its competitors is 8.e. the division's dso (days' sales outstanding) is 40, whereas the average for its competitors is 30.

Reagan corporation is a wholesale distributor of truck replacement parts. initial amounts taken from reagan's records are as follows: