Kristen, an independent management consultant, is based in atlanta. during march and april of 2019, she is contracted by a national hardware chain to implement revised human resource policies in jackson (mississippi) temporar-ily. during this period, kristen flies to jackson on sunday night, spends the week at the district office, and returns home to atlanta on friday afternoon. the cost of returning home is $550, and the cost of spending the weekend in jackson would have been $490.

a. presuming no reimbursement for these expenses, how much, if any, of these weekend expenses may kristen deduct?
b. would your answer in part (a) change if the amounts involved were reversed (i. e., the trip home would have cost $490; staying in jackson would have been $550)? explain.

An employer who is considering hiring eva has asked donna, eva’s former supervisor, for a report on eva. in truth, eva’s work for donna has been only average. however, eva is donna’s friend, and donna knows that eva probably will not get the job if she says anything negative about eva, and donna knows that eva desperately needs the job. further, donna knows that if the situation were reversed, she would not want eva to mention her deficiencies. nevertheless, it has been donna’s policy to reveal the deficiencies of employees when she has been asked for references by employers, and she knows that some of eva’s faults may be bothersome to this particular employer. finally, this employer has leveled with donna in the past when donna has asked for a report on people who have worked for him. should donna reveal deficiencies in eva’s past performance? (remember to use one of the three moral theories acceptable for this test to solve this dilemma. any discussion of any personal opinion, religious perspective, or theory other than the moral theories acceptable for this test will result in a score of "0" for this question.)