On December 1, Cambridge, Inc., sent Rachel & Rico (R&R) a letter, via overnight delivery, offering to employ R&R to review Cambridge’s tax situation for the current year for $20,000. In the letter, the company stated that R&R had ten days to accept. On December 5, R&R sent an e-mail message that stated, "The price for the tax analysis seems low. Would you consider paying $25,000?" Cambridge received the message without responding immediately. The next day, Smith & Taylor, an R&R competitor, offered to conduct the tax appraisal for $17,500. On learning of this offer from Smith & Taylor on December 6, R&R immediately e-mailed Cambridge, agreeing to do the work for $20,000. Cambridge received this message from R&R on December 7. Explain why R&R and Cambridge do, or do not, have a contract.

An instance where sellers should work to keep relationships with customers is when they instance where selllars should work to keep relationships with customers is when they feel that the product

Sonic corp. manufactures ski and snowboarding equipment. it has estimated that this year there will be substantial growth in its sales during the winter months. it approaches the bank for credit. what is the purpose of such credit known as? a. expansion b. inventory building c. debt management d. emergency maintenance

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?