As the accountant, you are entering accounts payable into the accounting software using an Excel file submitted

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As the accountant, you are entering accounts payable into the accounting software using an Excel file submitted to you by a vendor. You notice that the total amount on the Excel file does not include all of the subtotal amounts owed to the vendor. Several of the rows showing amounts owed were not included in the invoice amount. You bring this error to the attention of your supervisor. They comment back to you stating it was their error, pay the incorrect amount, and do not notify the vendor of the error.

a) Describe the ethical dilemma that you are faced with.

b) Who is impacted by your decision(s)?

c) What would you do in this ethical dilemma