A responsibility center in which the department manager has responsibility for and authority over costs and revenues is called a(n):
A) profit center
B) investment center
C) volume center
D) cost center
A
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A) the variable and fixed costs it could save by dropping the product line B) the revenues it would lose from dropping the product line C) the effect of dropping the electronics product line on the sales of its other products D) the amount of unavoidable fixed costs
A company in a country with an emissions trading system (ETS) will hit its government-mandated emissions limit before the allotted year is finished. What ethical action is open to it?
a. Try to purchase extra emissions allotment from a low-carbon company. b. Try to hide its extra emissions from investigators. c. Shut down to avoid paying the government fines. d. Lobby the government to change its cap-and-trade system.