Reference no: EM13793529
Award Plus Co. manufactures medals for winners of athletic events and other contests. Its manufacturing plant has the capacity to produce 10,000 medals each month; current monthly production is 7,500 medals. The company normally charges $175 per medal. Variable costs and fixed costs for the current activity level of 75 percent follow
Variable costs Manufacturing
Labor
Material Marketing
Total variable costs Fixed costs
Manufacturing Marketing
Total fixed costs Total costs $1,275,000
Current Product Costs
$ 375,000 262,500 187,500
$ 825,000
$ 275,000 175,000
$ 450,000
Award Plus has just received a special one-time order for 2,500 medals at $100 per medal. For this particular order, no variable marketing costs will be incurred. Cathy Senna, a management account- ant with Award Plus, has been assigned the task of analyzing this order and recommending whether the company should accept or reject it. After examining the costs, Senna suggested to her supervi- sor, Gerard LePenn who is the controller, that they request competitive bids from vendors for the raw materials since the current quote seems high. LePenn insisted that the prices are in line with other vendors and told her that she was not to discuss her observations with anyone else. Senna later discovered that LePenn is a brother-in-law of the owner of the current raw materials supply vendor.
Required
1. Determine if Award Plus Co. should accept the special order and why.
2. Discuss at least three other considerations that Cathy Senna should include in her analysis of the special order.
3. Explain how Cathy Senna should try to resolve the ethical conflict arising out of the controller’s insistence that the company avoid competitive bidding.
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