Dinham Kennel uses tenant-days as its measure of activity; an animal housed in the kennel for one day is counted as one tenant-day. During March, the kennel budgeted for 4,600 tenant-days, but its actual level of activity was 4,670 tenant-days. The kennel has provided the following data concerning the formulas used in its budgeting and its actual results for March: Data used in budgeting: Fixed element per month Variable element per tenant-day Revenue - $35.10 Wages and salaries$3,500 $8.50 Food and supplies 1,000 15.00 Facility expenses 9,000 4.00 Administrative expenses 7,500 0.40 Total expenses$21,000 $27.90 Actual results for March: Revenue$143,330 Wages and salaries$28,650 Food and supplies$71,345 Facility expenses$27,130 Administrative expenses$7,105 The overall revenue and spending variance (i. e., the variance for net operating income in the revenue and spending variance column on the flexible budget performance report) for March would be closest to: Multiple Choice $3,020 F $3,524 F $3,020 U $3,524 U Next Visit question mapQuestion 9 of 10 Total9 of 10 Prev

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?