Use the following information to answer this question. Windswept, Inc. 2017 Income Statement ($ in millions) Net sales $ 9,200 Cost of goods sold 7,390 Depreciation 305 Earnings before interest and taxes $ 1,505 Interest paid 87 Taxable income $ 1,418 Taxes 425 Net income $ 993 Windswept, Inc. 2016 and 2017 Balance Sheets ($ in millions) 2016 2017 2016 2017 Cash $ 240 $ 255 Accounts payable $ 1,380 $ 1,315 Accounts rec. 1,020 730 Long-term debt 1,130 1,400 Inventory 1,620 1,640 Common stock 3,280 3,010 Total $ 2,880 $ 2,625 Retained earnings 460 710 Net fixed assets 3,370 3,810 Total assets $ 6,250 $ 6,435 Total liab. & equity $ 6,250 $ 6,435 What were the total dividends paid for 2017?

Galwaysc electronics makes two products. model a requires component a and component c. model b requires component b and component c. new versions of both models are released each year with updated versions of all components. all components are sourced overseas, and abc contracts annually for a quantity of each component before seeing that year’s demand. components are only assembled into finished products once demand for each model is known. for the coming year, alwaysc’s purchasing manner has proposed ordering 500,000 units of component a, 630,000 of component b, and 1,000,000 units of component c. her boss has asked why she has recommended purchasing so much of components a and b when alwaysc will not have enough of component c to fully use all of the inventory of a and b. what factors might the purchasing manager cite to explain her recommended order? explain your reasoning.

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?

Arnold rossiter is a 40-year-old employee of the barrington company who will retire at age 60 and expects to live to age 75. the firm has promised a retirement income of $20,000 at the end of each year following retirement until death. the firm's pension fund is expected to earn 7 percent annually on its assets and the firm uses 7% to discount pension benefits. what is barrington's annual pension contribution to the nearest dollar for mr. rossiter? (assume certainty and end-of-year cash flows.)