How can parties that have unequal bargaining power negotiate meaningfully, without one party taking advantage of the other? have you ever negotiated with someone who had more bargaining power than you? what were your strategies during the negotiation? did you obtain your goal by the conclusion of the negotiation?

Pear co.’s income statement for the year ended december 31, as prepared by pear’s controller, reported income before taxes of $125,000. the auditor questioned the following amounts that had been included in income before taxes: equity in earnings of cinn co. $ 40,000 dividends received from cinn 8,000 adjustments to profits of prior years for arithmetical errors in depreciation (35,000) pear owns 40% of cinn’s common stock, and no acquisition differentials are relevant. pear’s december 31 income statement should report income before taxes of