Harold discovers a material misstatement while auditing a client's accounts payable. The manger on the job tells Harold to ignore the error so that the client does not get upset. Harold wants to be viewed as a team player, so Harold follows the manager's instructions and ignores the misstatement. Which ethical theory did Harold use to make his decision?

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In this scenario Harold appears to have followed a form of ethical reasoning known as consequentialism Consequentialism is an ethical theory that eval... View the full answer