Leonesio corporation makes a product that uses a material with the following standards: standard quantity8.2 (kilos per unit) standard price$4.00 per kilo standard cost$32.80 per unit the company budgeted for the production of 3,100 units in august, but the actual production was 3,200 units. the company used 27,600 kilos of direct material to produce this output. the company purchased 29,000 kilos of the direct material at a total cost of $118,900. the direct materials purchase variance is computed when the materials are purchased. the materials price variance for august is: a. $2,900 u b. $2,624 u c. $2,900 f d. $2,624 f

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?