Managerial Accounting: Tools for Business Decision Making
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Author: Jerry J. Weygandt, Paul D. Kimmel, Donald E. Kieso
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Chapter 6, Problem 6.7BYP
Ethics Case
Brett Stem was hired during January 2017 to manage the home products division of Hi-Tech Products. As part of his employment contract, he was told that he would get $5,000 of additional bonus for every 1% increase that the division's profits exceeded those of the previous year.
Soon after coming on board. Brett met with his plant managers and explained that he wanted the plants to be run at full capacity. Previously, the plant had employed just-in-time inventory practices and had consequently produced units only as they were needed. Brett stated that under previous management the company had missed out on too many sales opportunities because it didn't have enough inventory on hand. Because previous management had employed just-in-time inventory practices, when Brett came on board there was virtually no beginning inventory. The selling price and variable costs per unit remained the same from 2016 to 2017. Additional information is provided below.
| 2016 | 2017 | |
| Net income | $ 300.000 | $ 525,000 |
| Units produced | 25.000 | 30,000 |
| Units sold | 25.000 | 25.000 |
| Fixed |
$1,350,000 | $1,350,000 |
| Fixed manufacturing overhead costs per unit | $ 54 | $ 45 |
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(a) Calculate Brett’s bonus based upon the net income shown above.
(b) Recompute the 2016 and 2017 results using variable costing.
(c) Recompute Brett’s 2017 bonus under variable costing.
(d) Were Brett s actions unethical? Do you think any actions need to be taken by the company?
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