Alfred has been working for canyon, inc. for 12 years, with regular positive performance reviews and promotions. roger has only been working for canyon for 3 years. alfred also has more management qualifications. yet when a management position is open, alfred’s supervisor advises that alfred should not be promoted to that position. his reason is that he has recently learned that alfred regularly attends a narcotics anonymous support group. although alfred has been clean for 16 years, there is fear that he could relapse. what is true?

The cook corporation has two divisions--east and west. the divisions have the following revenues and expenses: east west sales $ 603,000 $ 506,000 variable costs 231,000 300,000 traceable fixed costs 151,500 192,000 allocated common corporate costs 128,600 156,000 net operating income (loss) $ 91,900 $ (142,000 ) the management of cook is considering the elimination of the west division. if the west division were eliminated, its traceable fixed costs could be avoided. total common corporate costs would be unaffected by this decision. given these data, the elimination of the west division would result in an overall company net operating income (loss)