Answer:
Open
Explanation:
Open shop arrangement is the term which is defined or described as the office, factory or other kind of business establishment in which the union, which is selected or elected through a majority of the employees, that later act as the representative of all the employees while making the agreements with the employer.
So, in this case, the Hector is against the or opposed ton unions. Therefore, the comments of the Hector states that he is in favor of an open shop arrangement.
Answer:
$0
Explanation:
There are two Step for the computation of casualty loss deduction if the casualty loss is personal
Step 1 Reduce $100 per casualty event from the casualty loss
Step 2 Reduce 10% of the AGI from the amount you get from step 1
Data
Loss = $2,500
AGI = $35,000
Deduction =?
Solution
Step 1 = $2,500 - $100 = $2,400
Step 2: $2,400 - ($35,000 x 10%) = $0
If the amount in step 2 is $0 then the person is not eligible for casualty loss deduction
Answer: I would reject his demand for bribe straight away and i will recommend senior management to protect business ethics at all cost.
Explanation: first of all i would not accept the demand of bribe from the official and would try to report this corruption to the concerned authorities.I would try to pressure the authorities to take strict actions against the official and to make the process to be fair and honest in every way.
I as a representative of my company would recommend senior management to take hands off from the project until appropriate actions are taken by the authority as getting into unethical actions might result in problems in future .
Answer:
Implementation Phase
Explanation:
After Planning, it is imporrant to carry out clarified Implementation to successfully carry out what need to be done and when. This is important to ensure your plan is achieved without fault. Sweatshop labour which is a situation where workers are employed at low wages and mostlyunder unhealthy conditions to produce products usually occurs during the implementation phase.
Answer:
Option B. Chester Company
Explanation:
The company wants to pursue Niche Cost Leader Strategy. In a Niche cost leader strategy the product is highly differentiated and the cost the company charges to its customer is low as apposed to other competitors. The companies that has highly differentiated product and are new entrants usually use this strategy to win a good share of market size.
The strongest competitor would have lowest price, very stable market share price, high investment in plant and equipment, higher production capacity, lowest return on investment, lowest earnings per dollar sales. etc.
Now we will asses different reports and conclude which competitor will be the strongest competitor for the Niche Cost Leader Strategy company. The analysis is given as under:
- <u>Lowest Price:</u> If we look at the Production information, Price Column and take the average price of the products of each company then we can conclude that Chester's price of average product is $20, Baldwin has $24.17 and the rest of the competitors are charging high. This means Chester is charging lowest price.
- <u>Stable Market Share Price:</u> The vulnerability of share price of Chester is the lowest which stands at $0.45. This means that the stock exchange values the company's share as a stable stock with least vulnerability. (See Stock Market Summary)
- <u>Lower Return on Asset and Return on Sales:</u> If we analyze the Selected Financial Statistics then we will acknowledge that Chester also has 2nd lowest Return on Assets and Return on sales which shows that the company is charging lower prices to its customers. Baldwin is not appropriate to consider here because the company is incurring losses hence its Return on Assets and Return on Sales can not be considered as good indication.
- <u>Higher Investment in Plant and equipment:</u> The company has 2nd highest investment in plant and equipment with highest Net Book Value of $148k and Baldwin stands at $178k. Now again the higher investment of Baldwin is financed by debt which costs the company more than Chester. This means Chester would be strongest competitor because the company will have to only bear the depreciation cost which is non cash flow in nature and not the interest cost which Baldwin is bearing. (See Income statement for Interest Cost and Balance sheet for Carrying value of the asset).
- <u>Production Capacity:</u> Chester has the highest production capacity which means that the company despite its 2nd largest investment in plant and equipment. This means that the plant and machinery of Chester is more innovative which is the reason that the production capacity is higher than other competitors.
From the above analysis it seems that Chester is pursuing Niche Cost Leader Market and is the strongest competitor that the company will face. Hence B is the correct option here.
