Robin is a human resource manager at Techtronic, a software company. She receives a call from an HR manager at another software company asking about Megan, a software engineer who used to work at Techtronic and has applied for a job at the caller's company. Robin checks the company's records and sees that a coworker had accused Megan of racial discrimination, but an investigation did not turn up any evidence to support the charge. Megan left the company two months later, saying she was no longer comfortable there. Robin is concerned about sharing the details of this situation with the caller. If telling the information to the caller leads to the other company not hiring Megan, what potentially unlawful behavior could Megan accuse Techtronic of engaging in?a. misappropriation b. fraudc. misrepresentationd. defamatione. negligence

Suppose a firm faces a fixed price of output, 푝푝= 1200. the firm hires workers from a union at a daily wage, 푤푤, to produce output according to the production function 푞푞= 2퐸퐸12. there are 225 workers in the union. any union worker who does not work for this firm is guaranteed to find nonunion employment at a wage of $96 per day. a. what is the firm’s labor demand function? b. if the firm is allowed to choose 푤푤, but then the union decides how many workers to provide (up to 225) at that wage, what wage will the firm set? how many workers will the union provide? what is the firm’s output and profit? what is the total income of the 225 union workers? c. now suppose that the union sets the wage, but the firm decides how many workers to hire at that wage (up to 225). what wage will the union set to maximize the total income of all 225 workers? how many workers will the firm hire? what is the firm’s output and profit? what is the total income of the 225 union workers? [hint: to maximize total income of union, take the first order condition with respect to w and set equal to 0.]