
(a)
Ethical Issue: In the given case, the accountant of a large Company F prepares sales and income projections on the order of the president. The president needs to have this data to give a speech where he would project the data. The accountant prepares the data and delivers it to the president. He later founds that the projections are overstated. Now, the president has made half of the speech and half is yet to be made. The accountant is in an ethical situation as what to do.
To explain: The consequences of telling the President about the miscalculations.
(b)
To explain: The consequences of not telling the President about the miscalculations.
(c)
To explain: The ethical considerations to the accountant and the President in the given situation.

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