Dania Khalid was hired during January 2014 to manage the home products division of Saco Products....

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Dania Khalid was hired during January 2014 to manage the home products division of Saco Products. As part of her employment contract, she was told that she 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, Dania met with her plant managers and explained that she 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. Dania stated that under previous management the company had missed out on too many sales opportunities because it didn't have enough inventories on hand. Because previous management had employed just-in-time inventory practices, when Dania came on board there was virtually no beginning inventory. The selling price and variable costs per unit remained the same from 2021 to 2022. Additional information is provided below. 2021 2022 Net income Units produced Units sold $300,000 $525,000 25,000 30,000 25,000 25,000 Fixed manufacturing overhead costs $1,350,000 $1,350,000 Fixed manufacturing overhead costs $54 per unit Required: $45 A. Calculate Dania's bonus based upon the net income shown above. B. Re-compute the 2021 and 2022 results using variable costing, c. Re-compute Dania's bonus under variable costing. D. Was Dania's action unethical? Do you think any actions need to be taken by the company? Dania Khalid was hired during January 2014 to manage the home products division of Saco Products. As part of her employment contract, she was told that she 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, Dania met with her plant managers and explained that she 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. Dania stated that under previous management the company had missed out on too many sales opportunities because it didn't have enough inventories on hand. Because previous management had employed just-in-time inventory practices, when Dania came on board there was virtually no beginning inventory. The selling price and variable costs per unit remained the same from 2021 to 2022. Additional information is provided below. 2021 2022 Net income Units produced Units sold $300,000 $525,000 25,000 30,000 25,000 25,000 Fixed manufacturing overhead costs $1,350,000 $1,350,000 Fixed manufacturing overhead costs $54 per unit Required: $45 A. Calculate Dania's bonus based upon the net income shown above. B. Re-compute the 2021 and 2022 results using variable costing, c. Re-compute Dania's bonus under variable costing. D. Was Dania's action unethical? Do you think any actions need to be taken by the company?