Osborn Corporation has paid 60 consecutive quarterly cash dividends (15 years). The last 6 months have been

Question:

Osborn has paid 60 consecutive quarterly cash dividends (15 years). The last 6 months have been a real cash drain on the company, however, as profit margins have been greatly narrowed by increasing competition. With a cash balance sufficient to meet only day-to-day operating needs, the president, Barry Sigle, has decided that a stock instead of a cash should be declared. He tells Osborn’s financial vice president, Mandy Drummond, to issue a press release stating that the company is extending its consecutive record with the issuance of a 5% stock “Write the press release convincing the stockholders that the stock is just as good as a cash he orders. “Just watch our stock rise when we announce the stock it must be a good thing if that happens.”
Instructions
(a) Who are the in this situation?
(b) Is there anything unethical about president Sigle’s intentions or actions?
(c) What is the effect of a stock on a corporation’s stockholders’ equity accounts? Which would you rather receive as a stockholder—a cash or a stock Why?

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