Katherine and bill grant have two children. kelly is 22 years old and is a full-time student. she lives on campus at an out-of-state university but will return home for the summer. kelly earns $5,000 a year working part-time. her parents provide her with $15,000 of support, and her grandparents provide her with $15,000 of support. jake is 15 years old and lives at home. he is fully supported by his parents. jake's friend luke also lives with the grants. luke is 15 years old and moved into the grant home in april. the grants pay all of luke's support. how many total dependents may katherine and bill grant claim for the current year?

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?