Natalie contacts her brother who originally prepared the website for her. he agrees to upgrade the site so it can handle credit card security issues as well as direct order entry. the cost of the upgrade is $1,800. this cost would be incurred and paid for during the month of august 2018, and the upgrade would be operational september 1, 2018. recall that natalie’s website had an original cost of $600 and is being amortized using the straight- line method over 24 months, starting december 1, 2017, with zero residual value. additional costs for website maintenance and insurance are estimated to be $1,200 per year. if natalie decides to upgrade the website, its useful life will not change and there will be no change in residual value. prepare the journal entry to record the upgrade.

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The fiscal 2016 financial statements of nike inc. shows average net operating assets (noa) of $8,450 million, average net nonoperating obligations (nno) of $(4,033) million, average total liabilities of $9,014 million, and average equity of $12,483 million. the company's 2016 financial leverage (flev) is: select one: a. (0.477) b. (0.559 c. (0.323) d. (0.447) e. there is not enough information to determine the ratio.

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?