Your friend currently works as an accountant at a public accounting firm in the small town of LaFontaine, Indiana. He is offered a job in Washington, D. C. for $60,000. Your friend calls you and tells you that he is excited about the new job offer, which gives him a raise from his current salary of $50,000. Based on your knowledge of economics, you think that: a. Your friend most likely should not be quite so excited because the extremely high cost of living in New York City means his real salary increase will be less than he imagined.
b. Your friend has every reason to be excited because he will be getting paid.
c. Your friend has reason to be excited because in a bigger city he will häve more.
d. Your friend has no reason to be excited because higher pay implies more job 120% of what he used to be paid. things to do and his higher salary will allow him to spend on those activities.

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?