A county reported a long-term compensated absences liability of $530,000 in its calendar year 2019 government-wide financial statements. When preparing its governmental fund financial statements for calendar year 2020, the county government reported a $25,000 liability for compensated absences due and payable at December 31, 2020. After analyzing its employee leave records, the county determined that its long-term compensated absences liability had increased to $550,000 at December 31, 2020. What journal entry is needed regarding compensated absences to convert the data in the 2020 governmental fund financial statements to government-wide statements?

David burdick is the ceo of acme bubblegum, a successful public company. as one of the cofounders of the company, burdick has enjoyed speaking and writing about the success of acme bubblegum for several years. typically, he speaks at conferences or directly to the press, but recently, he has been blogging about his firm anonymously. specifically, he defended a recent advertising campaign that was unpopular among consumers and pointedly attacked one of acme bubblegum’s competitors. burdick deeply enjoys his anonymous blogging and believes that none of his readers actually know that he works for acme bubblegum. should burdick be allowed to praise his company’s performance anonymously online? should he be allowed to attack his competitors without disclosing his relationship with the company? how would you feel if the ceo of a company at which you shopped was secretly writing criticisms of his or her competition? how would you feel if you knew a writer for your favorite blog was actually closely involved in a company that the blog discussed? 1. define the ethical issue? 2. who are the primary stakeholders? 3. what are the possible alternatives? 4. how could you evaluate the ethical implications of the alternative actions (use appropriate decision rules)? 5. what action would you recommend and why?