Klausenheimer Inc. just issued a $80 million bond. The bond has a coupon rate of 5% and a maturity of three years. The coupon is payable at the end of each year. The effective interest rate at the beginning of year 1 was 8%, beginning of year 2 was 5%, and beginning of year 3 was 2%. Make sure to show your calculations where applicable. a. Determine Klausenheimers proceeds from the bond issue.
b. If Klausenheimer decided to use the amortized cost method to account for the bonds, then what would be the interest and bond amortization for each of the three years. (similar to Exhibit 3.1 in the textbook)
c. If Klausenheimer decided to use the fair value method to account for the bonds, then what would be the interest, unrealized gain/loss, and total expense for each of the three years. (similar to Exhibit 3.1 in the textbook)
d. Explain why there is a difference between the amounts charged to income every year under the two methods.

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?