what constitutes ethical or unethical experiment in sociology? what safeguards should be in place to ensure experiments are ethical?

A foreign direct investment is acquiring certain “…assets with the intent to control and manage them.”  (International Business, 2012). These types of investments are long term, as the time, money and resources that are put into acquiring them are vast! A “foreign direct investment is when an individual or business owns 10% or more of foreign company…it [is] part of his or her stock portfolio.” (Amadeo, 2018).

Foreign direct investment helps countries thrive that have them within it. These operations aid the communities that they are in by providing work to their citizens, cash flow in the community, and stability for numerous reasons. According to the article, Foreign Direct Investment, Its Pros, Cons, and Importance to You: How FDI Affects Your Life, written by Kimberly Amadeo, it states that,

“In 2017, global foreign direct investment was $1.52 trillion, according to the United Nations. The FDI is down 16 percent from 2016's record of $1.8 trillion. The decline was due to a 27 percent drop in developed countries. Investments returned to normal levels in the United States after spiking in 2016…In 2017, developing countries received 37 percent of total global FDI. They received 43 of worldwide investment. Investments rose 2 percent in Asia, the largest recipient region in the world”.

There are several types of direct foreign investments. To name a few there is an outward FDI, which is money coming into a country and outward FDI, which is a company who expands into another country, also sometimes known as a greenfield investment. "Horizontal FDI investment occurs when a company is trying to open up a new market...A vertical FDI is when a company invests internationally to provide input into its core operations--usually into its home country."

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For the Disney Company, provide a brief detail of the lawsuit. Because the Beef lawsuit is included in the footnote, what does this tell you about the company belief regarding the merit of the lawsuit?

14 Commitments and Contingencies

Commitments

The Company has various contractual commitments for broadcast rights for sports, feature films and other programming, totaling approximately $51.0 billion, including approximately $0.4 billion for available programming as of October 1, 2016, and approximately $48.7 billion related to sports programming rights, primarily college football (including bowl games and the College Football Playoff) and basketball, NBA, NFL, MLB, US Open Tennis, various soccer rights, the Wimbledon Championships and the Masters golf tournament.

The Company has entered into operating leases for various real estate and equipment needs, including retail outlets and distribution centers for consumer products, broadcast equipment and office space for general and administrative purposes. Rental expense for operating leases during fiscal years 2016, 2015 and 2014, including common-area maintenance and contingent rentals, was $847 million, $859 million and $883 million, respectively.

The Company also has contractual commitments for two new cruise ships, creative talent and employment agreements and unrecognized tax benefits. Creative talent and employment agreements include obligations to actors, producers, sports, television and radio personalities and executives.

Contractual commitments for broadcast programming rights, future minimum lease payments under non-cancelable operating leases, cruise ships, creative talent and other commitments totaled $60.8 billion at October 1, 2016, payable as follows:

Certain contractual commitments, principally broadcast programming rights and operating leases, have payments that are variable based primarily on revenues and are not included in the table above.

The Company has non-cancelable capital leases, primarily for land and broadcast equipment, which had gross carrying values of $464 million and $469 million at October 1, 2016 and October 3, 2015, respectively. Accumulated amortization related to these capital leases totaled $216 million and $196 million at October 1, 2016 and October 3, 2015, respectively. Future payments under these leases as of October 1, 2016 are as follows:

Contractual Guarantees

The Company has guaranteed bond issuances by the Anaheim Public Authority that were used by the City of Anaheim to finance construction of infrastructure and a public parking facility adjacent to the Disneyland Resort. Revenues from sales, occupancy and property taxes from the Disneyland Resort and non-Disney hotels are used by the City of Anaheim to repay the bonds. In the event of a debt service shortfall, the Company will be responsible to fund the shortfall. As of October 1, 2016, the remaining debt service obligation guaranteed by the Company was $316 million, of which $51 million was principal. To the extent that tax revenues exceed the debt service payments in subsequent periods, the Company would be reimbursed for any previously funded shortfalls. To date, tax revenues have exceeded the debt service payments for the Anaheim bonds.

Legal Matters

Beef Products, Inc. v. American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. On September 13, 2012, plaintiffs filed an action in South Dakota state court against certain subsidiaries and employees of the Company and others, asserting claims for defamation arising from alleged false statements and implications, statutory and common law product disparagement, and tortious interference with existing and prospective business relationships. The claims arise out of ABC News reports published in March and April 2012 about a product, Lean Finely Textured Beef, that was included in ground beef and hamburger meat. Plaintiffs’ complaint sought actual and consequential damages in excess of $400 million (which in March 2016 they asserted could be as much as $1.9 billion), statutory damages (including treble damages) pursuant to South Dakota’s Agricultural Food Products Disparagement Act, and punitive damages. Trial is set for June 2017. At this time, the Company is not able to predict the ultimate outcome of this matter, nor can it estimate the range of possible loss.

The Company, together with, in some instances, certain of its directors and officers, is a defendant or codefendant in various other legal actions involving copyright, breach of contract and various other claims incident to the conduct of its businesses.

Management does not believe that the Company has incurred a probable material loss by reason of any of the above actions.

Long-Term Receivables and the Allowance for Credit Losses

The Company has accounts receivable with original maturities greater than one year related to the sale of television program rights and vacation ownership units. Allowances for credit losses are established against these receivables as necessary.

The Company estimates the allowance for credit losses related to receivables from the sale of television programs based upon a number of factors, including historical experience and the financial condition of individual companies with which we do business. The balance of television program sales receivables recorded in other non-current assets, net of an immaterial allowance for credit losses, was $0.9 billion as of October 1, 2016. Fiscal 2016 activity related to the allowance for credit losses was not material.

The Company estimates the allowance for credit losses related to receivables from sales of its vacation ownership units based primarily on historical collection experience. Estimates of uncollectible amounts also consider the economic environment and the age of receivables. The balance of mortgage receivables recorded in other non-current assets, net of a related allowance for credit losses of approximately 4%, was $0.7 billion as of October 1, 2016. Fiscal 2016 activity related to the allowance for credit losses was not material.

The following information is available for The NewQuest Corporation for 2016:

Amount Descriptions

Statement of Cost of Goods Manufactured

A. Prepare the 2016 statement of cost of goods manufactured. Refer to the Amount Descriptions list provided for the exact wording of the answer choices for text entries. “Less” or “Plus” will automatically appear if it is required. Enter all amounts as positive numbers.

Income Statement

B. Prepare the 2016 income statement. Refer to the Amount Descriptions list provided for the exact wording of the answer choices for text entries. “Less” or “Plus” will automatically appear if it is required. Enter all amounts as positive numbers.

At the beginning of 2016, VHF Industries acquired a equipment with a fair value of $6,339,740 by issuing a four-year, noninterest-bearing note in the face amount of $8 million. The note is payable in four annual installments of $2 million at the end of each year.

1. What is the effective rate of interest implicit in the agreement?

2. Record these three transactions: 01/01/2016 purchase of the equipment, interest expense on 31/12/2016, and interest expense on 31/12/2017.

3. Suppose the market value of the equipment was unknown at the time of purchase, but the market rate of interest for notes of similar risk was 9%. Prepare the journal entry to record the purchase of the equipment on 01/01/2016.

Enter your answers as whole dollars.

Winkin, Blinkin, and Nod are equal shareholders in SleepEZ, an S corporation. In the conditions listed below, how much income should each report from SleepEZ for 2016 under both the daily allocation and the specific identification allocation method? Refer to the following table for the timing of SleepEZ’s income.

On April 2, 2016, Montana Mining Co. pays $4,161,990 for an ore deposit containing 1,576,000 tons. The company installs machinery in the mine costing $219,400, with an estimated seven-year life and no salvage value. The machinery will be abandoned when the ore is completely mined. Montana begins mining on May 1, 2016, and mines and sells 157,500 tons of ore during the remaining eight months of 2016. Prepare the December 31, 2016, entries to record both the ore deposit depletion and the mining machinery depreciation. Mining machinery depreciation should be in proportion to the mine’s depletion.

• Record the year-end adjusting entry for the depletion expense of ore mine.
• Record the year-end adjusting entry for the depreciation expense of the mining machinery.