Forda lumber company owns a 7,000-acre tract of timber purchased in 2007, at a cost of $1300 per acre. at the time of purchase the land was estimated to have a value of $300 per acre without the timber. forda lumber company has not logged this tract since it was purchased. in 2014, forda had the timber cruised. the cruise (appraiser) estimated that each acre had 8,000 board feet of timber. in 2014, forda built 10 miles of roads at a cost of $7840 per mile. after yhe roads were completed, forda logged and sold 3500 trees, containing 850,000 board feet.1. determine the cost of timber sold related to depletion in 2014.2.if forda depreciates the logging roads on the basis of timber cut, determine the deprceiation expense for 2014.3. if forda plants 5 seedlings at a cost of $4 per seedling for each tree cut, how should forda treat the reforestation?

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?