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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.
Western University has only one womens softball scholarship remaining for the coming year. The final two players that Western is considering are Allison Fealey and Emily Janson. The coaching staff has concluded that the speed and defensive skills are virtually identical for the two players, and that the final decision will be based on which player has the best batting average. Crosstabulations of each players batting performance in their junior and senior years of high school are as follows: Allison FealeyOutcome Senior JuniorHit 15 75No Hit 25 175Total At-Bats 40 250 Emily JansonOutcome Senior JuniorHit 70 35No Hit 130 85Total At-Bats 200 120 Western University has only one womens softball scholarship remaining for A players batting average is computed by dividing the number of hits a player has by the total number of at-bats. Batting averages are represented as a decimal number with three places after the decimal.a. Calculate the batting average for each player in her junior year. Then calculate the batting average of each player in her senior year. Using this analysis, which player should be awarded the scholarship? Explain.b. Combine or aggregate the data for the junior and senior years into one crosstabulation as follows:Western University has only one womens softball scholarship remaining forCalculate each players batting average for the combined two years. Using this analysis, which player should be awarded the scholarship? Explain.c. Are the recommendations you made in parts (a) and (b) consistent? Explain any apparentinconsistencies
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