The American Products Corporation focuses on a decentralized form of organization with each manager of the decentralized investment center focusing on the concepts of profit margin, market penetration, and return on investment. However, one day a survey reveals that the managers of American Products Corporation had failed to follow the ethical standards of their company. One example could be managers at certain plant locations failing to check for unsafe products. Another example could be sales personnel failing to go to retailers for selling regular supply contracts, officiating proper payments, and having timely deliveries. In these two situations, the stakeholders are the vice president, the president, the retailers, and the familis and
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Section I of the Standards of Ethical Conduct for Management Accountants states, “Maintain an appropriate level of professional expertise by continually developing knowledge and skills” (B-1). The plant manager’s failure to report unsafe products reveals his or her failure to realize that the development of new products requires testing and practice. If the plant manager had frequently reported the unsafe products, other plant managers of the company would understand the importance of safety and develop technology skills to design new products. As a result, the plant managers of American Products Corporation would improve their technology skills to make new products and understand more about its consumers. Additionally, the sales personnel’s failure to understand the retailer’s mind for obtaining supplies symbolizes how using questionnaire tactics, including gifts, and other incentives to the retailers could cause the sales personnel to fail to develop new skills of how advertising supplies can bring advantages and disadvantages to the company. One example of an advantage could be the company making a profit if the retailer finds the product to be innovating and interesting compared to the companies of the same product. Finally, one example of a disadvantage could be that the retailer finding the product to be different from the product that the company advertised if the retailer had discovered a problem with the product that is actually delivered to him or
Section I of the Standards of Ethical Conduct for Management Accountants states, “Maintain an appropriate level of professional expertise by continually developing knowledge and skills” (B-1). The plant manager’s failure to report unsafe products reveals his or her failure to realize that the development of new products requires testing and practice. If the plant manager had frequently reported the unsafe products, other plant managers of the company would understand the importance of safety and develop technology skills to design new products. As a result, the plant managers of American Products Corporation would improve their technology skills to make new products and understand more about its consumers. Additionally, the sales personnel’s failure to understand the retailer’s mind for obtaining supplies symbolizes how using questionnaire tactics, including gifts, and other incentives to the retailers could cause the sales personnel to fail to develop new skills of how advertising supplies can bring advantages and disadvantages to the company. One example of an advantage could be the company making a profit if the retailer finds the product to be innovating and interesting compared to the companies of the same product. Finally, one example of a disadvantage could be that the retailer finding the product to be different from the product that the company advertised if the retailer had discovered a problem with the product that is actually delivered to him or