Charles lackey operates a bakery in idaho falls, idaho. because of its excellent product and excellent location, demand has increased by 25% in the last year. on far too many occasions, customers have not been able to purchase the bread of their choice. because of the size of the store, no new ovens can be added. at a staff meeting, one employee suggested ways to load the ovens differently so that more loaves of bread can be baked at one time. this new process will require that the ovens be loaded by hand, requiring additional manpower. this is the only production change that will be made in order to meet the increased demand. the bakery currently makes 1 comma 500 loaves per month. employees are paid $8 per hour. in addition to the labor cost, charles also has a constant utility cost per month of $500 and a per loaf ingredient cost of $0.35. current multifactor productivity for 640 work hours per month = 0.244 0.244 loaves/dollar (round your response to three decimal places). after increasing the number of work hours to 800 per month, the multifactor productivity = 0.2024453 0.248 loaves/dollar (round your response to three decimal places). the percentage increase in productivity = 4 nothing% (enter your response as a percentage rounded to two decimal places).

Of the roles commonly found in the development, maintenance, and compliance efforts related to a policy and standards library, which of the following has the responsibilities of directing policies and procedures designed to protect information resources, identifying vulnerabilities, and developing a security awareness program?

Which of the following is an example of a production quota? a. the government sets an upper limit on the quantity that each dairy farmer can produce. b. the government sets a price floor in the market for dairy products. c. the government sets a lower limit on the quantity that each dairy farmer can produce. d. the government guarantees to buy a specified quantity of dairy products from farmers.

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?