Business
In this exercise, decisions will be made in ethically ambiguous situations and then analyzed. As in the real world, all the background information on each situation will not be available, and assumptions will need to be made.It is recommended that the exercise be completed before reading the following mat e rial, and then revisited after you have completed the chapter.Name:Date:Part ISTEP 1Make decisions in the following situations. You will not have all the background information about each situation; instead you should make whatever assumptions you feel you would make if you were actually confronted with the decision choices described. Select the decision choice that most closely represents the decision you feel you would make personally. You should choose decision choices even though you can envision other creative solutions that were not included in the exercise.Situation 1. You are taking a very difficult chemistry course, which you must pass to maintain your scholarship and to avoid damaging your application for graduate school. Chemistry is not your strong suit, and because of a just-below-failing average in the course, you must receive a grade of 90 or better in the final examination, which is 2 days away. A janitor who is aware of your plight informs you that he found the master copy of the chemistry final in a trash barrel and saved it. He will make it available to you for a price, which is high, but which you could afford. What would you do?(a) I would tell the janitor thanks, but no thanks.(b) I would report the janitor to the proper officials.(c) I would buy the examination and keep it to myself.(d) I would not buy the examination myself, but I would let some of my friends, who are also flunking the course, know that it is available.Situation 2. You have been working on some complex analytical data for 2 days now. It seems that each time you think you have them completed, your boss shows up with a new assumption or another "what if" question. If you only had a copy of a new software program for your personal computer, you could plug in the new assumptions and revise the estimates with ease.Then a colleague offers to let you make a copy of some software that is copyrighted. What would you do?(a) I would readily accept my friends generous offer and make a copy of the software.(b) I would decline to copy it and plug away manually on the numbers.(c) I would decide to go buy a copy of the software myself for $300 and hope I would be reimbursed by the company in a month or two.(d) I would request another extension on an already overdue project date.Situation 3. Your small manufacturing company is in serious financial difficulty. A large order of your products is ready to be delivered to a key customer, when you discover that the product is simply not right. It will not meet all performance specifications, will cause problems for your customer, and will require rework in the field; but this, you know, will not become evident until after the customer has received and paid for the order. If you do not ship the order and receive the payment as expected, your business may be forced into bankruptcy. And if you delay the shipment or inform the customer of these problems, you may lose the order and also go bankrupt. What would you do?(a) I would not ship the order and place my firm in voluntary bankruptcy.(b) I would inform the customer and declare voluntary bankruptcy.(c) I would ship the order and inform the customer after I received payment.(d) I would ship the order and not inform the customer.
The Sheridan Inc., a manufacturer of low-sugar, low-sodium, low-cholesterol TV dinners, would like to increase its market share in the Sunbelt. In order to do so, Sheridan has decided to locate a new factory in the Panama City area. Sheridan will either buy or lease a site depending upon which is more advantageous. The site location committee has narrowed down the available sites to the following three very similar buildings that will meet their needs. Building A: Purchase for a cash price of $612,100, useful life 26 years. Building B: Lease for 26 years with annual lease payments of $71,490 being made at the beginning of the year. Building C: Purchase for $655,200 cash. This building is larger than needed; however, the excess space can be sublet for 26 years at a net annual rental of $6,850. Rental payments will be received at the end of each year. The Sheridan Inc. has no aversion to being a landlord. In which building would you recommend that The Sheridan Inc. locate, assuming a 11% cost of funds?
Purchased merchandise on account from moonlight co., list price $85,000, trade discount 25%, terms fob destination, 2/10, n/30. 4 sold merchandise for cash, $37,680. the cost of the goods sold was $22,600. 5 purchased merchandise on account from papoose creek co., $47,500, terms fob shipping point, 2/10, n/30, with prepaid freight of $810 added to the invoice. 6 returned $13,500 ($18,000 list price less trade discount of 25%) of merchandise purchased on november 3 from moonlight co. 8 sold merchandise on account to quinn co., $15,600 with terms n/15. the cost of the goods sold was $9,400.
Estella Osage publishes an online travel magazine. In need ofcash, the business applies for a loan with National Bank. The bank requires borrowers to submit financial statements. With little knowledge of accounting, Estella Osage, the owner, does not know how to proceed.The explanations for how to prepare each statementRequirements:1. What are the four financial statements that the business will need to prepare?2. Is there a specific order in which the financial statements must be prepared?3. Explain how to prepare each statement.Requirements 1, 2, and 3. What are the four financial statements that the business will need to prepare? Is there a specific order in which the financial statements must beprepared? Explain how to prepare each statementIn the first column, select the four financial statements that the business will need to prepare. In the second column, select the number corresponding with the order the financial statements must be prepared. If there is no specific order, select "n/a" for each statement. In the third column, select the letter grouping that corresponds with the proper explanations for how to prepare each statement.1. Financial statement 2. Order 3. How to preparea. Each asset account is listed separately and then totaled. Cash is always listed first.b. Each dollar amount is calculated by evaluating the cash column on the transaction detail.c. Each expense account is listed separately from largest to smallest and then subtotaled if necessary.d. Financing activities include cash contributions by the owner and owner withdrawals of cash.e. Investing activities include the purchase and sale of land and equipment.f. Liabilities are listed separately and then totaled. Liabilities that are to be paid first are listed first.g. Net income is calculated as total revenues minus total expenses.h. Operating activities involve cash receipts for services provided and cash payments for expenses paid.i. The beginning capital is listed first and will always be the ending capital from the previous time period.j. The ending cash balance must match the cash balance on the balance sheet.k. The header includes the name of the business, the title of thestatement, and the date, listed as a period of time.l. The header includes the name of the business, the title of thestatement, and the date, listed as a specific date.m. The owner's contribution and net income are added to the beginning capital.n. The owner's equity is taken directly from the statement ofowner's equity.o. The owner's withdrawals are subtracted from capital. If there had been a netloss, this would also be subtracted.p. The revenue accounts are always listed first and then subtotaled if necessary.q. This statement must always balance. Assets = Liabilities + Equity