Mary Gonzales is the controller at Automax, a car dealership. She recently hired Anik Cousineau as a bookkeeper. Cousineau wanted to attend a class on Excel spreadsheets, so Gonzales temporarily took over Cousineau's duties, including overseeing a fund for topping off a car's gas tank before a test drive. Gonzales found a shortage in this fund and con fronted Cousineau when she returned to work. Cousineau admitted that she occasionally uses this fund to pay for her own gas. Gonzales estimated that the amount involved is close to $300.
Requirements
1. What should Gonzales do?
2. Would you change your answer to the previous question if Gonzales was the one recently hired as controller and Cousineau was a well-liked, long-time employee who indicated that she always eventually repaid the fund?