Which one of the following statements concerning interest rates is correct? Savers would prefer annual compounding over monthly compounding given the same annual percentage rate. The effective annual rate decreases as the number of compounding periods per year increases. The effective annual rate equals the annual percentage rate when interest is compounded annually. Borrowers would prefer monthly compounding over annual compounding given the same annual percentage rate. For any positive rate of interest, the annual percentage rate will always exceed the effective annual rate.

Match the vocabulary word to the correct definition. 1. compensation 2. corporate social responsibility 3. discrimination 4. benefits 5. biodegradable a. a business’s obligation to the community and the environment b. the ability to naturally break down or decompose c. treating someone differently because of his or her race, religion,gender, sexual orientation, or disabilities d. indirect and non-cash compensation paid to employees e. the salary and other benefits for doing a job

The cook corporation has two divisions--east and west. the divisions have the following revenues and expenses: east west sales $ 603,000 $ 506,000 variable costs 231,000 300,000 traceable fixed costs 151,500 192,000 allocated common corporate costs 128,600 156,000 net operating income (loss) $ 91,900 $ (142,000 ) the management of cook is considering the elimination of the west division. if the west division were eliminated, its traceable fixed costs could be avoided. total common corporate costs would be unaffected by this decision. given these data, the elimination of the west division would result in an overall company net operating income (loss)

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?