Grey Dawg is the controller for Sports Central, a chain of sporting goods stores. She has been
Question:
Grey Dawg is the controller for Sports Central, a chain of sporting goods stores. She has been asked to recommend a site for a new store. Grey has an uncle who owns a shopping plaza in the area of town where the new store is to be located, so she decides to contact her uncle about leasing space in his plaza. Grey also contacted several other shopping plazas and malls, but her uncle’s store turned out to be the most economical place to lease. Therefore, Grey recommended locating the new store in her uncle’s shopping plaza. In making her recommendation to management, she did not disclose that her uncle owns the shopping plaza. Discuss whether or not the accountant acted ethically.
Business research methods
ISBN: 978-1439080672
8th Edition
Authors: William G Zikmund , Barry J. Babin, Jon C. Carr, Mitch Griff