Companies use lots of different strategies to market their products. Many companies have found that supporting relevant charities is one way to do this. Some companies, for example, pledge to donate proceeds to cancer research. But what if the companies in question only donate 1% of their proceeds? Is it still ethical for them to take credit for supporting a charity if they are donating just pennies of each purchase? Consumer dollars may be better spent donating directly to the charity in question, instead of buying the product. What do you think? Are these companies exploiting a disease for profit, or simply using a smart marketing strategy? please help!

crow design, inc. is a web site design and consulting firm. the firm uses a job order costing system in which each client is a different job. crow design assigns direct labor, licensing costs, and travel costs directly to each job. it allocates indirect costs to jobs based on a predetermined overhead allocation rate, computed as a percentage of direct labor costs. direct labor hours (professional) 6,250 hours direct labor costs ($1,800,000 support staff salaries ,000 computer ,000 office ,000 office ,000 in november 2012, crow design served several clients. records for two clients appear here: delicious treats mesilla chocolates direct labor 700 hours 100 hours software licensing $ 4,000 $400 travel costs 8,000 1. compute crow design’s direct labor rate and its predetermined indirect cost allocation rate for 2012. 2. compute the total cost of each job. 3. if simone wants to earn profits equal to 50% of service revenue, how much (what fee) should she charge each of these two clients? 4. why does crow design assign costs to jobs?