The following data relate to labor cost for production of 20,000 cellular telephones:

Actual: 8,450 hrs. at $22.50
Standard: 8,400 hrs. at $23.00

a. Determine the direct labor rate variance, direct labor time variance, and total direct labor cost variance.
b. The employees may have been less-experienced or poorly trained, thereby resulting in a labor rate than planned. The lower level of experience or training may have resulted in:

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?

Boxes of honey nut oatmeal are produced to contain 16.0 ounces, with a standard deviation of 0.20 ounce. for a sample size of 49, the 3-sigma -x chart control limits areupper control limit (ucl-x) = ounceslower control limit =(lcl=max

Governments sometimes erect barriers to trade other than tariffs and quotas. which of the following is not an example of this type of trade barrier? a. a requirement that the employees of domestic firms that engage in foreign trade pay income taxes b. restrictions on imports for national security reasons c. a requirement that imports meet health and safety requirements d. a requirement that the u.s. government buy military uniforms only from u.s. manufacturers