Luke’s lubricants starts business on january 1. the following operations data are available for january for the one lubricant it produces. gallons beginning inventory 0 started in january 162,000 ending work-in-process inventory (70% complete) 15,000 costs incurred in january follow. materials $ 135,250 labor 24,000 manufacturing overhead 77,000 all production at luke’s is sold as it is produced (there are no finished goods inventories). required: a. compute cost of goods sold for january. (do not round intermediate calculations.) b. what is the value of work-in-process inventor

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?