Ethics Case R. B. Dillman Company manufactures a high-tech component used in Bluetooth speakers that passes through two production processing departments. Molding and Assembly. Department managers are partially compensated on the basis of units of products completed and transferred out relative to units of product put into production. This was intended as encouragement to be efficient and to minimize waste. Jan Wooten is the department head in the Molding Department, and Tony Ferneti is her quality control inspector. During the month of June. Jan had three new employees who were not yet technically skilled. As a result, many of the units produced in June had minor molding defects. In order to maintain the departments normal high rate of completion. Jan told Tony to pass through inspection and on to the Assembly Department all units that had defects nondetectable to the human eye. “Company and industry tolerances on this product are too high anyway.” says Jan. “Less than 2 % of the units we produce arc subjected in the market to the stress tolerance we've designed into them. The odds of those 2 % being any of this month's units are even less. Anyway, we're saving the company money.” Instructions (a) Who are the potential stakeholders involved in this situation? (b) What alternatives does Tony have in this situation? What might the company do to prevent this situation from occurring?
Ethics Case R. B. Dillman Company manufactures a high-tech component used in Bluetooth speakers that passes through two production processing departments. Molding and Assembly. Department managers are partially compensated on the basis of units of products completed and transferred out relative to units of product put into production. This was intended as encouragement to be efficient and to minimize waste. Jan Wooten is the department head in the Molding Department, and Tony Ferneti is her quality control inspector. During the month of June. Jan had three new employees who were not yet technically skilled. As a result, many of the units produced in June had minor molding defects. In order to maintain the departments normal high rate of completion. Jan told Tony to pass through inspection and on to the Assembly Department all units that had defects nondetectable to the human eye. “Company and industry tolerances on this product are too high anyway.” says Jan. “Less than 2 % of the units we produce arc subjected in the market to the stress tolerance we've designed into them. The odds of those 2 % being any of this month's units are even less. Anyway, we're saving the company money.” Instructions (a) Who are the potential stakeholders involved in this situation? (b) What alternatives does Tony have in this situation? What might the company do to prevent this situation from occurring?
R. B. Dillman Company manufactures a high-tech component used in Bluetooth speakers that passes through two production processing departments. Molding and Assembly. Department managers are partially compensated on the basis of units of products completed and transferred out relative to units of product put into production. This was intended as encouragement to be efficient and to minimize waste.
Jan Wooten is the department head in the Molding Department, and Tony Ferneti is her quality control inspector. During the month of June. Jan had three new employees who were not yet technically skilled. As a result, many of the units produced in June had minor molding defects. In order to maintain the departments normal high rate of completion. Jan told Tony to pass through inspection and on to the Assembly Department all units that had defects nondetectable to the human eye. “Company and industry tolerances on this product are too high anyway.” says Jan. “Less than 2% of the units we produce arc subjected in the market to the stress tolerance we've designed into them. The odds of those 2% being any of this month's units are even less. Anyway, we're saving the company money.”
Instructions
(a) Who are the potential stakeholders involved in this situation?
(b) What alternatives does Tony have in this situation? What might the company do to prevent this situation from occurring?
Wilson Corporation acquires Greatbatch Company for $80 million cash in a merger. The balance sheets of both companies at the date of acquisition are as follows:
Balance Sheet
(in millions)
Wilson Greatbatch
Current assets $96 $8
Property and equipment 800 144
Intangibles 32 4.8
Total assets $928 $156.8
Current liabilities $40 $3.2
Long-term debt 640 104
Capital stock 80 19.2
Retained earnings 192 24
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (24) 6.4
Total liabilities and equity $928 $156.8
Greatbatch's property and equipment is overvalued by $48 million, its reported intangibles are undervalued by $32 million, and it has unreported intangibles, in the form of customer databases and marketing agreements, valued at $11.2 million.
Required
Prepare Wilson's balance sheet immediately following the merger.
Use a negative sign with your answer for AOCI if the balance is a loss.
Not use ai solution given correct answer
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