There will be two discussion questions listed below.$$By$$due date assigned, respond to$$one$$of the discussion questions and submit your response to the Discussion Area below, using the lessons and vocabulary found in the reading. Support your answers with examples and research and cite your sources using the APA format.

Discussion Question One:

ACME Company sells computer components and plans on borrowing some money to expand. After reading a lot about earnings management, Bill, the owner of ACME, has decided he should try to accelerate some sales to improve his financial statement ratios. He has called his best customers and asked them to make their usual January purchases by December $31.$ Bill told the customers he would allow them, until the end of February, to pay for the purchases, just as if they had made their purchases in January.

Explain if you think there are ethical implications of Bill$$s actions.

Which ratios will be affected, and how, by accelerating these sales?