Darby has been working for 14 months at holden associates, a large management consulting firm, earning $75,000 a year while her peers at competing firms are typically paid 20 percent more and receive larger annual bonuses. darby works at least 60 hours a week—more if she is traveling, and she has had to reschedule her vacation or cancel personal plans several times to meet client deadlines. holden has a policy that permits any employee who works as late as 8: 00 p. m. to eat dinner at company expense. darby is in the habit of staying until 8: 00 p. m. every night, whether or not her workload requires it, and ordering enough food for dinner and lunch the next day. she has managed to cut her grocery bill to virtually nothing. sometimes she invites her boyfriend (who as a student is always hungry and broke) to join her for dinner. would a utilitarian believe that darby doing anything wrong?

In order to be thoughtful about the implementation of security policies and controls, leaders must balance the need to with the impact to the business operations. doing so could mean phasing security controls in over time or be as simple as aligning security implementation with the business’s training events.

Afreelance​ singer-songwriter is planning the restoration of a recently purchased civil​ war-era farmhouse. while he professes an enjoyment​ of, and talent in the construction​ trades, the theory of comparative advantage implies that a. the value of what he imports​ (in this​ case, professional contractor​ services) must equal the value of what he exports​ (songs). b. he should concentrate on the restoration work since his​ out-of-pocket costs will be much lower than if he hires professionals. c. ​self-sufficiency is​ advantageous, hence he should split his time between music and construction. d. the income lost while away from music will likely exceed the savings realized by doing the work​ himself, thus, he should hire professionals to do the restoration work. e. he ought to do as much of the work himself as possible since imports​ (in this​ case, professional contractor​ services) should always be restricted to those things that cannot be done internall

You are chairman of the board of a successful technology firm. there is a nominal federal corporate tax rate of 35 percent, yet the effective tax rate of the typical corporation is about 12.6%. your firm has been clever with use of transfer pricing and keeping money abroad and has barely paid any taxes over the last 5 years; during this same time period, profits were $28 billion. one member of the board feels that it is un-american to use various accounting strategies in order to avoid paying taxes. others feel that these are legal loopholes and corporations have a fiduciary responsibility to minimize taxes. one board member quoted what the ceo of exxon once said: “i’m not a u.s. company and i don’t make decisions based on what’s good for the u.s.” what are the alternatives? what are your recommendations? why do you recommend this course of action?