The former General Counsel of General Electric wrote in a recent issue of the Harvard Business Review: “The fundamental costs of systems, processes, and talented people focused on performance with integrity pale in comparison to the benefits, especially the benefit of avoiding catastrophic integrity minefields. Indeed, sound practices in areas like environment, health and safety, and consumer finance can simplify basic business processes and make them more effective and less costly. Similarly, the cost of rejecting corrupt payments, deals, or contracts, in my judgment and experience, is far outweighed by the risks of external exposure - which are especially consequential for transnational enterprises - and by the benefit of preventing internal corrosion." The writer's view of ethical behavior most reflects which of the following kinds of reasoning? a. Utilitarianism Rawls
b. Theory of Justice.
c. Nozick's Rights Theory.
d. Integrative Social Contracts Theory.

The production manager of rordan corporation has submitted the following quarterly production forecast for the upcoming fiscal year: 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter units to be produced 10,800 8,500 7,100 11,200 each unit requires 0.25 direct labor-hours, and direct laborers are paid $20.00 per hour. required: 1. prepare the company’s direct labor budget for the upcoming fiscal year. assume that the direct labor workforce is adjusted each quarter to match the number of hours required to produce the forecasted number of units produced. 2. prepare the company’s direct labor budget for the upcoming fiscal year, assuming that the direct labor workforce is not adjusted each quarter. instead, assume that the company’s direct labor workforce consists of permanent employees who are guaranteed to be paid for at least 2,500 hours of work each quarter. if the number of required direct labor-hours is less than this number, the workers are paid for 2,500 hours anyway. any hours worked in excess of 2,500 hours in a quarter are paid at the rate of 1.5 times the normal hourly rate for direct labor.

Bill dukes has $100,000 invested in a 2-stock portfolio. $62,500 is invested in stock x and the remainder is invested in stock y. x's beta is 1.50 and y's beta is 0.70. what is the portfolio's beta? do not round your intermediate calculations. round the final answer to 2 decimal places.

Increases in output and increases in the inflation rate have been linked to