In a Competitive Marketplace "Good Ethics" Is a Wonderful Idea

question 17

True/False

In a competitive marketplace "good ethics" is a wonderful idea but an impractical standard. There are simply too few benefits to be gained from maintaining high business ethics.

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Definitions:

Direct Labor-Hours

A measure of the amount of time workers spend directly manufacturing a product or performing a service.

Materials Quantity Variance

The variance arising from the actual amount of materials utilized in manufacturing compared to the anticipated standard quantity, times the standard expense for each unit.

Labor Efficiency Variance

The variance between the number of hours actually worked and the anticipated standard hours, times the normal rate per hour.

Labor Rate Variance

A metric used to measure the difference between the actual rate paid to workers and the expected (or standard) rate.