Problem 8-22 (45 minutes)
1. Stokes is using the budget as a club to pressure employees and as a
way to find someone to blame rather than as a legitimate planning and
2. The way in which the budget is being used is likely to breed hostility,
tension, mistrust, lack of respect, and actions designed to meet targets
3. As the old saying goes, Keri Kalani is “between a rock and a hard place.”
The IMA Statement of Ethical Professional Practice states that
management accountants have a responsibility to “disclose all relevant
information that could reasonably be expected to influence an intended
user’s understanding of the reports, analyses, or recommendations.”
Assuming that Keri helps prepare the Production Department’s reports to
top management, collaborating with her boss in hiding losses due to
defective disk drives would clearly violate this standard. Apart from the
misrepresentation on the accounting reports, the policy of shipping