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Ethical Issue 2
1. These transactions overstate the reported income of the company by
$21,000 ($10,000 + $10,000 + $1,000).
2. It appears that Almond wants to improve the company’s reported
income in order to borrow on favorable terms. Her action is unethical
and probably illegal as well because she is deliberately overstating
the company’s reported income.
interest revenue. In the extreme, the public is robbed if taxpayers
wind up financing the bailout of a failed institution.