The service departments (janitorial, hr, and data services) are allocated to the two production departments (welding and assembly). janitorial costs are allocated using square feet, hr using number of employees, and data services using number of transactions. you recall that there are several approaches to the allocation of service department costs, direct, step-down and reciprocal methods. if the step-down method is applied, allocating the most costly department first, which is true?
a. janitorial's total costs after allocation are $18,036.48
b. assembly's total costs after allocation are less than $100,000
c. janitorial is allocated $3,953.28 from data svcs
d. hr's total costs after allocation are $50,160
e. none of the above

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?