A Professor for One of Your Courses Has Assigned Reading

question 136

Multiple Choice

A professor for one of your courses has assigned reading materials from various publications. He tells you that the materials are on reserve and that each student should go and copy the materials individually. He notes that for him to copy the materials for students and then sell them or distribute them would be a violation of copyright law. The professor's conduct:

• A) Is unethical and violates copyright law as well.
• B) Is something everyone does and is accepted behavior.
• C) Does not really harm anyone.
• D) Is acceptable in an academic setting.

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Definitions:

Direct Labor-hours

The amount of labor hours that can be directly attributed to the production process, serving as a basis for allocating manufacturing overhead costs in some costing systems.

Variable Manufacturing Overhead Standards

Pre-set rates used to allocate variable overhead costs to individual units of production based on expected usage criteria, such as labor hours.

Variable Overhead Efficiency Variance

A measure in cost accounting showing the difference between the actual variable overhead incurred and the expected (or standard) variable overhead based on the actual hours worked.

Variable Overhead Standards

Predetermined rates used to control and budget for the variable portion of manufacturing overhead costs, adjusting with production volumes.