The government conducts a survey to determine the unemployment rate on Gilligan's Island. The results of the survey are as follows: THE SKIPPER: has a full-time job as a ship's captain GILLIGAN: recently quit his job working on The Skipper's boat, and is looking for a new job on a better ship. MARY ANNE: used to be a secretary but lost her job when her firm replaced all of its secretaries with automated dictation equipment. Is trying to find another secretarial job. GINGER: is employed full-time as an actress and model. THURSTON HOWELL: inherited $20 million at age 17. Has never worked a day in his life and spends his life lounging on the beach. MRS. HOWELL: Thurston's wife; also has never worked; spends her life playing bridge and having tea parties with her friends. THE PROFESSOR: works part-time trying to fix the skipper's boat so that he can leave Gilligan's Island. Wishes he could find full-time work as a professor, but there are no schools on Gilligan's Island. Assuming that we use official US methods, what is the headline unemployment rate on Gilligan's Island? How would the following affect the official headline unemployment rate? (a) Ginger's job is cut back to part-time;
(b) Mrs. Howell gets bored doing nothing, and starts to look for a job as a party planner;
(c) Gilligan stops looking for work after he realizes there are no other boats on Gilligan's Island. [Note: consider the impact of the changes described in parts (a)-(c) one at a time. So, for instance, in part (b), you can assume that Ginger's job is still full time, and in part (c) you can assume that Ginger's job is full time and that Mrs. Howell is not looking for a job).

Each of the following scenarios is based on facts in anactual fraud. categorize each scenario as primarily indicating (1) anincentive to commit fraud, (2) an opportunity to commit fraud, or(3) a rationalization for committing fraud. also state your reasoningfor each scenario.a. there was intense pressure to keep the corporation ' stock from declining further. this pressure came from investors, analysts,and the ceo, whose financial well-being was significantly dependent on the corporation ' s stock price.b. a group of top-level management was compensated (mostly in the form of stock-options) well in excess of what would be considered normal for their positions in this industry.c. top management of the company closely guards internal financial information, to the extent that even some employees on a “need-to-know basis” are denied full access.d. managing specific financial ratios is very important to the company, and both management and analysts are keenly observant of variability in key ratios. key ratios for the company changed very little even though the ratios for the overall industry were quite volatile during the time period.e. in an effort to reduce certain accrued expenses to meet budget targets, the cfo directs the general accounting department to reallocate a division’s expenses by a significant amount. the general accounting department refuses to acquiesce to the request, but the journal entry is made trough the corporate office. an accountant in the general accounting department is uncomfortable with the journal entries required to reallocate divisional expenses. he brings his concerns to the cfo, who assures him that everything will be fine and that the entries are necessary. the accountant considers resigning, but he does not have another job lined up and is worried about supporting his family. therefore, he never voices his concerns to either the internal or external auditors.f. accounting records were either nonexistent or in a state of such disorganization that significant effort was required to locate or compile them.

“strategy, plans, and budgets are unrelated to one another.” do you agree? explain. explain how the manager’s choice of the type of responsibility center (cost, revenue, profit, or investment) affects the behavior of other employees.

Garrett is an executive vice president at samm hardware. he researches a proposal by a larger company, maximum hardware, to combine the two companies. by analyzing past performance, conducting focus groups, and interviewing maximum employees, garrett concludes that maximum has poor profit margins, sells shoddy merchandise, and treats customers poorly. what actions should garrett and samm hardware take? a. turn down the acquisition offer and prepare to resist a hostile takeover. b. attempt a friendly merger and use managerial hubris to improve results at maximum. c. welcome the acquisition and use knowledge transfer to impart sam hardware's management practices. d. do nothing; the two companies cannot combine without samm hardware's explicit consent.