Mr. Coco Knot is a company accountant and is confused about the ethical conduct that should be followed by him as he is facing a particular dilemma. Please explain to him what he should do and give justifications. ‘My company turns a blind eye to fiddling expenses’ - Coco Knot THE DILEMMA I am a company accountant and I feel uncomfortable that my company seems to turn a blind eye to some employees fiddling expenses. I raised it initially with the employees and then with the financial director, who said that she would rather not confront the employees as they are high-performing sales executives.

Mr. Coco Knot is a company accountant and is confused about the ethical conduct that should be followed by him as he is facing a particular dilemma. Please explain to him what he should do and give justifications. ‘My company turns a blind eye to fiddling expenses’ - Coco Knot THE DILEMMA I am a company accountant and I feel uncomfortable that my company seems to turn a blind eye to some employees fiddling expenses. I raised it initially with the employees and then with the financial director, who said that she would rather not confront the employees as they are high-performing sales executives.

Contemporary Auditing

11th Edition

ISBN:9781337650380

Author:KNAPP

Publisher:KNAPP

Chapter6: Professional Roles

Section6.4: Tommy O’connell, Audit Senior

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