What entities would a database for this business need to include? What are some business rules that would apply to these entities, and how would they be reflected in the database design? What are the stages in developing a data model for a database design? What new information and refinements are added to the model at each stage?

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?

Moody corporation uses a job-order costing system with a plantwide predetermined overhead rate based on machine-hours. at the beginning of the year, the company made the following estimates: machine-hours required to support estimated production 100,000 fixed manufacturing overhead cost $ 650,000 variable manufacturing overhead cost per machine-hour $ 3.00 required: 1. compute the plantwide predetermined overhead rate. 2. during the year, job 400 was started and completed. the following information was available with respect to this job: direct materials $ 450 direct labor cost $ 210 machine-hours used 40

George kyparisis makes bowling balls in his miami plant. with recent increases in his​ costs, he has a newfound interest in efficiency. george is interested in determining the productivity of his organization. he would like to know if his organization is maintaining the manufacturing average of a​ 3% increase in productivity. he has the following data representing a month from last year and an equivalent month this​ year: last year now cost per input unit units produced 1 comma 2001,200 1 comma 2001,200 labor​ (hours) 300300 275275 ​$1212 per hour resin​ (pounds) 5050 4545 ​$55 per pound capital invested​ ($) 10 comma 00010,000 11 comma 00011,000 22​% per month energy​ (btu) 2 comma 9002,900 2 comma 7502,750 ​$0.600.60 per btu the percent change in productivity for one month last year versus one month this year on a multifactor basis with dollars as the common denominator​ = 3.153.15​% ​(enter your response as a percentage rounded to two decimal​ places).