You are on a business trip from Portugal to the United States for 90 days, and you have a per diem expense account of 400 euros, no receipts required. This per diem is advanced to you before the trip (36,000 euros). You deposit it into your checking account and use your Portuguese (euro) credit card to cover your costs while in the United States. After the first two weeks of your trip, the dollar weakens against the euro by 15 percent. What ethical dilemma might this currency fluctuation present for you? How will you handle it?

Elon musk is the ceo of tesla motors. musk also serves as chairman of tesla's board. according to corporate governance theory, which of the following is a logical reason why musk should serve on the board? 1. he serves on many other boards, including that of a major client of tesla.2. his is an independent director who is well positioned to monitor the company's management.3. he can easily fire board members that are shirking their duties.4. he can provide the board with valuable inside information about the firm and the industry.

Jameson manages a well-known cell phone company. this company has been voted as having the best cell-phone service. consumers appreciate the fact that they can call from almost anywhere in the world and the service still gets through. jameson knows that the company's product far surpasses that of the competition. one thing has been bothering him, though. in order to put so many resources into ensuring the best service, jameson has cut back on employees at the firm's customer call center. recently, consumers have begun complaining about long wait times when they call in with a problem or concern. although its cell phone service is still considered one of the best, customer satisfaction with the firm's customer service has plummeted. jameson does not understand why consumers are getting so upset. he believes the exceptional cell phone service more than makes up for long waiting periods and other issues with its customer service. "after all," he says, "they can't have it all. if i invest more in customer service, that means less investment on ensuring the quality of our product offering."refer to scenario. jameson has asked you, a marketing consultant, to give him advice. he cannot understand how a cell-phone company with the best product offering in the cell-phone service industry could get such low satisfaction ratings simply because the customer service is not up to par. you suggest that jameson has a narrowly defined view of the company's product offering. you tell jameson that successful marketers should define their products as what they

Waterway company’s record of transactions for the month of april was as follows. purchases sales april 1 (balance on hand) 672 @ $6.00 april 3 560 @ $11.00 4 1,680 @ 6.08 9 1,568 @ 11.00 8 896 @ 6.41 11 672 @ 12.00 13 1,344 @ 6.51 23 1,344 @ 12.00 21 784 @ 6.61 27 1,008 @ 13.00 29 560 @ 6.79 5,152 5,936 (a) calculate average-cost per unit. (b) assuming that periodic inventory records are kept in units only, compute the inventory at april 30 using lifo and average-cost. (c) assuming that perpetual inventory records are kept in dollars, determine the inventory using (1) fifo and (2) lifo. (d) compute cost of goods sold assuming periodic inventory procedures and inventory priced at fifo.