Joseph works in accounting. he was told by his supervisor that it was necessary to change some of the accounting to make company performance look better. joseph objected, so the ceo got involved and told joseph that it was necessary to keep the firm afloat. if the firm went under, then many people would lose their jobs. joseph also faced pressure from colleagues. in the end, joseph decided not to do what he was told and quit his job. which factor most likely impacted his ethical decision the most? a. intensity of the ethical issueb. organizational pressurec. individual valuesd. organizational ethicse. opportunity

Acompany that makes shopping carts for supermarkets and other stores recently purchased some new equipment that reduces the labor content of the jobs needed to produce the shopping carts. prior to buying the new equipment, the company used 6 workers, who produced an average of 79 carts per hour. workers receive $16 per hour, and machine coast was $49 per hour. with the new equipment, it was possible to transfer one of the workers to another department, and equipment cost increased by $11 per hour while output increased by four carts per hour. a) compute the multifactor productivity (mfp) (labor plus equipment) under the prior to buying the new equipment. the mfp (carts/$) = (round to 4 decimal places). b) compute the productivity changes between the prior to and after buying the new equipment. the productivity growth = % (round to 2 decimal places)

Stock a has a beta of 1.2 and a standard deviation of 20%. stock b has a beta of 0.8 and a standard deviation of 25%. portfolio p has $200,000 consisting of $100,000 invested in stock a and $100,000 in stock b. which of the following statements is correct? (assume that the stocks are in equilibrium.) (a) stock b has a higher required rate of return than stock a. (b) portfolio p has a standard deviation of 22.5%. (c) portfolio p has a beta equal to 1.0. (d) more information is needed to determine the portfolio's beta. (e) stock a's returns are less highly correlated with the returns on most other stocks than are b's returns.

You decided to charge $100 for your new computer game, but people are not buying it. what could you do to encourage people to buy your game?