Maria works for MegaCorp, a large privately owned company specializing in sales of ball bearings. MegaCorp introduces filteringsoftware to block access to certain non-work related Web sites, as well as sites containing sexually explicit images. Can Maria legally challenge the new policy?

a. No, because the Employee Polygraph Protection Act permits employees to refuse to tell employers about their Internetuse at work.
b. Yes, because Maria’s Internet use is protected by theFirst Amendment.
c. No, because private employers generally are free to use filtering software to block access to certain Web sites.
d. Yes, because the Electronic Communications Privacy Act prohibits employers from intercepting electronic work communications.

Analyzing and computing accrued warranty liability and expense waymire company sells a motor that carries a 60-day unconditional warranty against product failure. from prior years' experience, waymire estimates that 2% of units sold each period will require repair at an average cost of $100 per unit. during the current period, waymire sold 69,000 units and repaired 1,000 units. (a) how much warranty expense must waymire report in its current period income statement? (b) what warranty liability related to current period sales will waymire report on its current period-end balance sheet? (hint: remember that some units were repaired in the current period.) (c) what analysis issues must we consider with respect to reported warranty liabilities?