Hadiqa Weiss is the controller at Need for$$ Speed, a car dealership. Daniel Salazar recently has been hired as the bookkeeper. Salazar wanted to attend a class in Excel$$ spreadsheets, so Weiss temporarily took over$$ Salazar's duties, including overseeing a fund used for gas purchases before test drives. Weiss found a shortage in the fund and confronted Salazar when he returned to work. Salazar admitted that he occasionally uses the fund to pay for his own gas. Weiss estimated the shortage at$$ $$450.$

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Part $1$

Requirement $1.$ What should Hadiqa Weiss$$ do$?$

A new employee who has engaged in this behavior is

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likely

unlikely

to become a valued and trusted employee. This type of behavior is

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ethical.

unethical.

As$$ controller, Weiss probably hired$$ Salazar, and she is also responsible for the lack of controls that permitted a new employee to commit this theft. Weiss will need to

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also use the fund to pay for her gas.

let the bookkeeper do his job without interfering.

supervise the next bookkeeper more carefully.

Part $2$

Requirement $2.$ Would you change your answer if Weiss was the one recently hired as controller and Daniel Salazar was a$$ well$-$liked, longtime employee who indicated he always eventually repaid the$$ fund?

The new information makes$$ Weiss' decision more complex.

Being$$ new, she may want to

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also use the fund to put gas in her car.

discuss the situation with the company president.

ignore the theft and hope he stops on his own.

Unless Weiss can obtain additional information she may want to indicate to Salazar that this behavior will

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be ignored

be tolerated

not be tolerated

in the future. Weiss should$$

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establish better controls and closer supervision.

start letting employees use the fund to put gas in their cars.

turn a blind eye to this type of behavior.