In 2005, telecommunications company sprint acquired its rival nextel. just 3 years later, sprint wrote off 80% of nextel’s value, and in 2012, sprint announced it would divest nextel. right after the merger was announced, the head of nextel gave a pep rally–style speech to his managers, shouting, ‘let’s stick it to verizon! ’ he was followed on stage by the head of sprint, who wore a suit and gave a staid powerpoint presentation. what lesson should we take away from this? check all that apply.(a) the speeches at the meeting were artifacts indicating that the two companies' cultures were very different.(b) a key reason this merger and other mergers do not work is that the cultures of the companies are too different.(c) the leaders of these companies accurately gauged how challenging merging the two organizations' cultures would be.(d) imposing sprint's formal, bureaucratic culture on the informal, entrepreneurial nextel subtracted value from the acquisition.

The following selected circumstances relate to pending lawsuits for erismus, inc. erismus’s fiscal year ends on december 31. financial statements are issued in march 2019. erismus prepares its financial statements according to u. s. gaap. required: indicate the amount erismus would record as an asset, liability, or not accrued in the following circumstances. 1. erismus is defending against a lawsuit. erismus's management believes the company has a slightly worse than 50/50 chance of eventually prevailing in court, and that if it loses, the judgment will be $1,000,000. 2. erismus is defending against a lawsuit. erismus's management believes it is probable that the company will lose in court. if it loses, management believes that damages could fall anywhere in the range of $2,000,000 to $4,000,000, with any damage in that range equally likely. 3. erismus is defending against a lawsuit. erismus's management believes it is probable that the company will lose in court. if it loses, management believes that damages will eventually be $5,000,000, with a present value of $3,500,000. 4. erismus is a plaintiff in a lawsuit. erismus's management believes it is probable that the company eventually will prevail in court, and that if it prevails, the judgment will be $1,000,000. 5. erismus is a plaintiff in a lawsuit. erismus’s management believes it is virtually certain that the company eventually will prevail in court, and that if it prevails, the judgment will be $500,000.

Select the correct answer. martha is a healer, a healthcare provider, and an experienced nurse. she wants to share her daily experiences, as well as her 12 years of work knowledge, with people who may be interested in health and healing. which mode of internet communication can martha use? a. wiki b. email c. message board d. chat e. blog

The textbook defines ethics as “the principles of conduct governing an individual or a group,” and specifically as the standards one uses to decide what their conduct should be. to what extent do you believe that what happened at bp (british petrolium) is as much a breakdown in the company’s ethical systems as it is in its safety systems, and how would you defend your conclusion?