When she was in college, Kiersten Walburg wrote a case study on Grokster, an online peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing network, and knew that it was shut down because its services were illegal. Several years later, Montgomery Records, Inc., which owned the copyrights to a large number of music recordings, discovered that "tereastarr", a user name associated with Walburg's Internet protocol address, had made twenty-four songs available for distribution on another P2P network. Montgomery notified Walburg that she had been identified as engaging in the unauthorized trading of music. She replaced the hard drive on her computer with a new drive that did not contain the songs in dispute. Is Walburg liable for copyright infringement?
1. Making material available on a P2P network or through the cloud is called Select (file-sharing/ obtaining copyright protection)
2. Is file-sharing always prohibited? Select (Yes/ No)
3. File sharing is prohibited Select (when it is used to download and store copyrighted music/when it is used to listen to music)
4. Under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, a person who file-shares Select (can/ cannot) use the fair use doctrine to justify the file-sharing.
5. Montgomery notified Walburg that she had been identified as engaging in the unauthorized trading of music. She replaced the hard drive on her computer with a new drive that did not contain the songs in dispute. Walburg Select (can/ cannot) remedy her wrongful conduct by replacing her hard drive?
6. Why or why not? The illegal file sharing Select (was/ was not) already done.
7. Who is an innocent infringer? A person who Select (is/ is not) aware and had no reason to believe that his or her acts constituted copyright infringement.
8. Walburg likely Select (was/ was not) an innocent infringer.
9. Why? She had written a case study on Napster and knew file sharing was Select (right/ wrong)
10. It is Select (likely/ not likely) that Walburg replaced her hard drive to conceal her acts.
11. If that is true, Walburg's act of replacing her hard drive Select (was / was not) ethical.
12. If Walburg did commit an illegal act in sharing copyrighted material without earning a profit, she Select (can/ can not) face criminal sanctions
13. A court likely Select (would/ would not) find Walburg liable for copyright infringement.

Answer:

File-Sharing and Copyrights

1. Making material available on a P2P network or through the cloud is called Select (file-sharing/ obtaining copyright protection) .

2. Is file-sharing always prohibited? Select (Yes/ No) .

3. File sharing is prohibited Select (when it is used to download and store copyrighted music/when it is used to listen to music) .

4. Under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, a person who file-shares Select (can/ cannot) use the fair use doctrine to justify the file-sharing.

5. Montgomery notified Walburg that she had been identified as engaging in the unauthorized trading of music. She replaced the hard drive on her computer with a new drive that did not contain the songs in dispute. Walburg Select (can/ cannot) remedy her wrongful conduct by replacing her hard drive?

6. Why or why not? The illegal file sharing Select (was/ was not) already done.

7. Who is an innocent infringer? A person who Select (is/ is not) aware and had no reason to believe that his or her acts constituted copyright infringement.

8. Walburg likely Select (was/ was not) an innocent infringer.

9. Why? She had written a case study on Napster and knew file sharing was Select (right/ wrong) .

10. It is Select (likely/ not likely) that Walburg replaced her hard drive to conceal her acts.

11. If that is true, Walburg's act of replacing her hard drive Select (was / was not) ethical.

12. If Walburg did commit an illegal act in sharing copyrighted material without earning a profit, she Select (can/ can not) face criminal sanctions .

13. A court likely Select (would/ would not) find Walburg liable for copyright infringement.

Explanation:

Copyright infringement is like plagiarism.  It is the wrongful use of another person's copyrighted works or words, as if they were their own and without obtaining copyright permission from the copyright owner.  It is illegal while plagiarism is unethical.

For each of the following incidents, determine whether the individuals will be motivated to behave as desired.
Frank Edwards is head basketball coach at a small regional state university, a campus of the state’s main university system. He has just had a visit with Walter Johnson, a local high school athlete who is clearly one of the state’s blue chip basketball prospects. Frank desperately needs a player of Walter’s potential to turn his mediocre team around, but he realizes that it won’t be easy to sign him. He is confident that he made it clear to Walter that there is a scholarship available for Walter if he wants it. He also knows that Walter needs a scholarship to be able to go to college. However, an article in the Sunday Sports section reports that two of the major state university coaches (larger schools upstate, with nationally known basketball programs) also intend to actively recruit Walter. Coach Edwards should take which of the following actions?
A. Send Walter a written and notarized offer of the scholarship.B. Write Walter's parents, stressing that the scholarship will cover all of his tuition, room and board, and book expenses.C. Write a letter to Walter stressing to him the value of a college education.D. Talk to Walter again, stressing the likelihood that he would make the starting five in his freshman year.E. Do nothing. Walter will probably sign with him anyway.

Laws governing sales are only enacted when the rights of an organization are infringed upon
True
False

Atlas Enterprises Inc. manufactures elliptical exercise machines and treadmills. The products are produced in its Fabrication and Assembly production departments. In addition to production activities, several other activities are required to produce the two products. These activities and their associated activity rates are as follows:

Activity Activity Rate
Fabrication $34 per machine hour
Assembly $14 per direct labor hour
Setup $46 per setup
Inspecting $26 per inspection
Production scheduling $14 per production order
Purchasing $8 per purchase order

The activity-base usage quantities and units produced for each product were as follows:

Elliptical
Activity Base Machines Treadmills
Machine hours 663 415
Direct labor hours 180 78
Setups 21 9
Inspections 119 181
Production orders 16 9
Purchase orders 90 50
Units produced 268 134

Required:
Use the activity rate and usage information to calculate the total activity cost and activity cost per unit for each product.

ClevelandInc. leased a new crane to Abriendo Construction under a 5-year, non-cancelable contract starting January 1, 2020. Terms of the lease require payments of $48,555 each January 1, starting January 1, 2020. The crane has an estimated life of 7 years, a fair value of $240,000, and a cost to Cleveland of $240,000. The estimated fair value of the crane is expected to be $45,000 (unguaranteed) at the end of the lease term. No bargain purchase or renewal options are included in the contract, and it is not a specialized asset. Both Cleveland and Abriendo adjust and close books annually at December 31. Collectibility of the lease payments is probable. Abriendo’s incremental borrowing rate is 8%, and Cleveland’s implicit interest rate of 8% is known to Abriendo. Discuss what should be presented in the balance sheet, the income statement, and the related notes of both the lessee and the lessor at December 31, 2020.

Three categories of activities (operating, investing, and financing) generate or use the cash flow in a company. In the following , identify which type of activity is described by each statement. (Operating Activity Investing Activity Financing Activity)

a. Yum Co. uses cash to repurchase 10% of its common stock.
b. DigiInk Printing Co. buys new machinery to ramp up its production capacity.
c. D and W Co. sells its last season’s inventory to a discount store.
d. A company records a loss of $70,000 on the sale of its outdated inventory.

When an employee has perfect attendance for the month, he or she is given a $25 bonus. This would be an example of ________.

Interpreting the Accounts receivable Footnote Hewlett-Packard Company (HPQ) reports the following in its 2007 10-K report.

October 31 (in millions) 2007 2006
Accounts receivable, net $13,420 $10,873

HPQ footnotes to its 10-K provide the following additional information relating to its allowance for doubtful accounts.

For the fiscal years ended October 31 (in millions)

2007 2006 2005
Allowance for doubtful accounts-accounts receivable
Balance, beginning of period $220 $227 $286
Increase in allowance from acquisition 245 3 4
Addition of bad debts provision 32 37 17
Deductions, net of recoveries (29) (48) (76)
Balance, end of period $226 $220 $227

Required:
a. What is the gross amount of accounts receivables for HPQ in fiscal 2007 and 2006?
b. What is the percentage of the allowance for doubtful accounts to gross accounts receivable for 2007 and 2006?
c. What amount of bad debts expense did HPQ report each year 2007 through 2006? What amount was actually written off?

The purchase of office equipment at a cost of $7,600 with an immediate payment of $4,200 and agreement to pay the balance within 60 days is recorded by the purchaser with:_____.
A. A debit of $7,600 to Office Equipment, a credit of $4,200 to Cash, and a credit of $3,400 to Accounts Payable.
B. A debit of $7,600 to Office Equipment, a debit of $4,200 to Accounts Receivable, and a credit of $3,400 to Accounts Payable.
C. A debit of $3,400 to Accounts Receivable, a debit of $4,200 to Cash, and a credit of $7,600 to Office Equipment.
D. A debit of $7,600 to Office Equipment, a credit of $4,200 to Cash, and a credit of $3,400 to Accounts Receivable.

Indicate which activities of Stockton Corporation violated the rights of a stockholder who owned one share of common stock.

a. Paid the stockholder a smaller dividend per share than another common stockholder.
b. Did not allow the stockholder to make decisions regarding hiring and firing employees.
c. Rejected the stockholder's request to vote via proxy because she was home sick.
d. The company did not provide all stockholders with timely financial reports.
e. In liquidation, paid the common shareholder after preferred stockholders were already paid.

You are considering a project which will provide annual cash inflows of $4,921, $5,700, and $8,000 at the end of each year for the next three years, respectively. What is the present value of these cash flows, given a 9 percent discount rate?

A man invests his savings in two accounts, one paying 6 percent and the other paying 10 percent simple interest per year. He puts twice as much in the lower-yielding account because it is less risky. His annual interest is 4202 dollars. How much did he invest at each rate?

An error understated Power Corporation​'s December​ 31, 2018​, ending inventory by​ $54,000. What effect will this error have on total assets and net income for 2018​?

Emily Lim owns and runs an ice cream parlor in San Diego. Last year, she had sales of $430,000 and an average tax rate of 34%. She spent $43,000 on ingredients, $21,500 on utilities, and $77,400 to rent the premises Emily has a few employees and paid them $86,000 in wages in total. She also paid herself a salary of $64,500 and spent $43,000 to pay for employee benefits A few years ago, Emily borrowed money to buy the ice making equipment. Last year, she paid $21,500 in interest on that loan. Depreciation for the equipment was $12,900 .
1. What was operating income (EBIT) for the year?
2. What was net income for the year?

Agreement and disagreement among economists Suppose that Yakov, an economist from a research institute in Texas, and Ana, an economist from a school of industrial relations, are arguing over health insurance. The following dialogue shows an excerpt from their debate:
Ana: A popular topic for debate among politicians as well as economists is the idea of providing government assistance for health benefits.
Yakov: I think it is oppressive for the government to tax people who take care of themselves in order to pay for health insurance for those who are obese.
Ana: I disagree. I think government funding of health insurance is useful to ensure basic fairness. The disagreement between these economists is most likely due todifferences in values.
Despite their differences, with which proposition are two economists chosen at random most likely to agree?
A. Immigrants receive more in government benefits than they contribute in taxes.
B. Having a single income tax rate would improve economic performance.
C. Rent ceilings reduce the quantity and quality of available housing.

Fidelity Stereo Company has provided the following information regarding its activity-based costing system:Purchasing department costs are allocated based on purchase orders, and the predetermined overhead allocation rate is $77 per purchase order.Assembly department costs are allocated based on the number of parts used, and the predetermined overhead allocation rate is $5 per part.Packaging department costs are allocated based on the number of units produced, and the predetermined overhead allocation rate is $4 per unit produced.Each stereo produced has 50 parts, and the direct materials cost per unit is $70. There are no direct labor costs. Fidelity Stereo has an order for 1200 stereos, which will require 45 purchase orders in all. What is the total cost for the 1200 stereos?a. $392,265b. $303,465c. $388,800d. $307,950

Oriole Products manufactures two component parts: AJ40 and AJ60. AJ40 components are being introduced currently, and AJ60 parts have been in production for several years. For the upcoming period, 1,500 units of each product are planned for manufacturing. Assume that the only relevant overhead cost is for engineering change orders (any requested changes in product design or the manufacturing process). AJ40 components are expected to require 4 change orders and AJ60 only 2. Each AJ40 requires 1 machine hour, and each AJ60 requires 1.5 machine hours. The cost of a change order is $420.

Required:
Estimate the cost of engineering change orders for AJ40 and AJ60 components if Blue uses a traditional costing method and machine hours as the allocation base.

For each of the situations​ listed, identify the primary standard from the IMA Statement of Ethical Professional Practice that is violated​ (competence, confidentiality,​ integrity, or​ credibility).

1. To reduce the company's tax bill, Jack uses total cost to value inventory instead of using product cost as required by law.
2. Since Emilie works in the accounting department, she is aware that profits are going to fall short of analysts' projections. She tells her aunt to sell stock in the company before the earnings release date.
3. Veronica pays a Mexican official a bribe of $50,000 to allow the company to locate a factory in that jurisdiction so that the company can take advantage of the cheaper labor costs. Without the bribe, the factory cannot be located in that location.
4. There is a failure in the company's backup system after a system crash. Month-end reports will be delayed. Kayla, the manager of the division experiencing the system failure, does not report this upcoming delay to anyone since she does not want to be the bearer of bad news.

Evan has a bachelor’s degree in ethics and Human Resources and he has extensive experience working with employees and managers regrading ethics especially in the areas of ethical dilemmas in his current position he has assisted extensively in determining if the company decisions are both ethical and lawful. Which position in the company does Evan background make him ideally suited for

If there are external or spillover benefits associated with consumption and production of a product, it can be said that the:

Sales and purchase-related transactions using perpetual inventory system The following were selected from among the transactions completed by Essex Company during July of the current year. Essex uses the net method under a perpetual inventory system.
July 3. Purchased merchandise on account from Hamling Co., list price $85,000, trade discount 25%, terms FOB shipping point, 2/10, n/30, with prepaid freight of $960 added to the invoice.
5. Purchased merchandise on account from Kester Co., $47,550, terms FOB destination, 2/10, n/30.
6. Sold merchandise on account to Parsley Co., $16,680, terms n/15. The cost of the goods sold was $9,440.
7. Returned merchandise with an invoice amount of $13,500 purchased on July 5 from Kester Co. 13. Paid Hamling Co. on account for purchase of July 3.
15. Paid Kester Co. on account for purchase of July 5, less return of July 7. 21. Received cash on account from sale of July 6 to Parsley Co.
21. Sold merchandise on MasterCard, $212,670. The cost of the goods sold was $144,350.
22. Sold merchandise on account to Tabor Co., $60,200, terms 2/10, n/30. The cost of the goods sold was $33,820.
23. Sold merchandise for cash, $38,610. The cost of the goods sold was $22,180. 28. Paid Parsley Co. a cash refund of $6,070 for returned merchandise from sale of July 6.
The cost of the returned merchandise was $3,630. 31.
Paid MasterCard service fee of $3,510.
Instructions Journalize the transactions.

The December 31, 2015, balance sheet of Schism, Inc., showed long-term debt of $1,405,000, $141,000 in the common stock account, and $2,660,000 in the additional paid-in surplus account. The December 31, 2016, balance sheet showed long-term debt of $1,590,000, $151,000 in the common stock account, and $2,960,000 in the additional paid-in surplus account. The 2016 income statement showed an interest expense of $94,500 and the company paid out $146,000 in cash dividends during 2016. The firm’s net capital spending for 2016 was $970,000, and the firm reduced its net working capital investment by $126,000.
What was the firm's 2016 operating cash flow, or OCF? (A negative answer should be indicated by a minus sign. Enter your answer in dollars, not millions of dollars, e.g., 1,234,567. Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to the nearest whole number, e.g., 32.)

What are the economic problems
typically facing developing nations
like Malaguena?

A local government operates on a calendar-year basis. Prepare journal entries to record the following transactions and events for calendar year 2018.
1. On February 1, 2018, borrowed $400,000 on tax anticipation notes (TANs). The TANs will be repaid with 1.0 percent interest on January 31, 2019.
2. To prepare for issuing financial statements for 2018, accrue interest on the TANs through December 31, 2018.
3. Invested $100,000 in a certificate of deposit (CD) on April 1, 2018. The CD, which pays interest of 0.8 percent, will mature on September 30, 2018.
4. The CD matured on September 30, 2018.

Larner Corporation is a diversified manufacturer of industrial goods. The company's activity-based costing system contains the following six activity cost pools and activity rates:

Activity Cost Pool Activity Rates
Labor-related $7.00 per direct labor-hour
Machine-related $3.00 per machine-hour
Machine setups $40.00 per setup
Production orders $160.00 per order
Shipments $120.00 per shipment
General factory $4.00 per direct labor-hour

Cost and activity data have been supplied for the following products:

J78 B52
Direct materials cost per unit $6.50 $31.00
Direct labor cost per unit $3.75 $6.00
Number of units produced per year 4,000 100
Total Expected Activity J78 B52 Direct labor-hours 1,000 40
Machine-hours 3,200 30
Machine setups 5 1
Production orders 5 1
Shipments 10 1

Required:
Compute the unit product cost of each product listed above.

Use demand and supply diagrams (with proper labels and arrows) to show the effect of
a) a reduction in price of DVD Players on market for DVDs.
b) reports that eating chocolate adds to your life expectancy (!!) on the market for chocolate candy bars.
c) an additional $1 a pack sales tax on cigarettes along with a ban on advertising cigarettes.
d) automation in fast food industry on market for unskilled fast food workers.
e) an increase in interest rate on the stock market.
f) flooding in the southeast on market for fruits and vegetables.

McNulty, Inc., produces desks and chairs. A new CFO has just been hired and announces a new policy that if a product cannot earn a margin of at least 30 percent, it will be dropped. The margin is computed as product gross profit divided by reported product cost.Manufacturing overhead for year 1 totaled $799,000. Overhead is allocated to products based on direct labor cost. Data for year 1 show the following:
Chairs DesksSales revenue $1,240,000 $2,286,900Direct materials 587,000 830,000Direct labor 150,000 320,000Required:a-1. Based on the CFO's new policy, calculate the profit margin for both chairs and desks.Profit marginChairs ?%Desks ?%a-2. Which of the two products should be dropped?ChairsDesksb. Regardless of your answer in requirement (a), the CFO decides at the beginning of year 2 to drop the chair product. The company cost analyst estimates that overhead without the chair line will be $680,000. The revenue and costs for desks are expected to be the same as last year. What is the estimated margin for desks in year 2? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percentage rounded to 1 decimal place.)Estimated margin for desks- Year 2 ?%

Oct. 1 Stockholders invest $30,000 in exchange for common stock of the corporation.
2 Hires an administrative assistant at an annual salary of $36,000.
3 Buys office furniture for $3,800, on account.
6 Sells a house and lot for E. C. Roads; commissions due from Roads, $10,800 (not paid by Roads at this time).
10 Receives cash of $140 as commission for acting as rental agent renting an apartment.
27 Pays $700 on account for the office furniture purchased on October 3.
30 Pays the administrative assistant $3,000 in salary for October.
Required:
Prepare the debit—credit analysis for each transaction.

Quiz Instructions
Question 1
5 pts
(02.01 LC)
Which of these factors is likely to have the greatest influence on purchases by consumers to choose a different
option than originally intended?
The price of a good or service
The price of alternatives or substitutes
Their own income
Their personal preferences

You purchased a bond at a price of $13,100. In 15 years when the bond matures, the bond will be worth $30,000. It is exactly 7 years after you purchased the bond and you can sell the bond today for $21,300. If you hold the bond until it matures, what annual rate of return will you earn from today

Suppose you decide (as did Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg) to start a company. Your product is a software platform that integrates a wide range of media devices, including laptop computers, desktop computers, digital video recorders, and cell phones. Your initial market is the student body at your university. Once you have established your company and set up procedures for operating it, you plan to expand to other colleges in the area and eventually to go nationwide. At some point, hopefully sooner rather than later, you plan to go public with an IPO and then to buy a yacht and take off for the South Pacific to indulge in your passion for underwater photography.
1. What is an agency relationship? When you first begin operations, assuming you are the only employee and only your money is invested in the business, would any agency conflicts exist? 2. If you expanded and hired additional people to help you, might that give rise to agency problems?3. Suppose you need additional capital to expand and you sell some stock to outside investors. If you maintain enough stock to control the company, what type of agency conflict might occur?4. List three provisions in the corporate charter that affect takeovers.5. Briefly describe the use of stock options in a compensation plan. What are some potential problems with stock options as a form of compensation?6. What is block ownership? How does it affect corporate governance?7. Briefly explain how regulatory agencies and legal systems affect corporate governance.