BYP 9-6 BYP9-6 Ethics Case Ruiz Co

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Axia College of University of Phoenix (UoP)

Principles of Accounting

Weygandt, J. J., Kimmel, P. D., & Kieso, D. E. (2008). Financial Accounting (6th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

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Ethics Case BYP 9-6 The controller of Ruiz Co. believes that the yearly allowance for doubtful accounts for Ruiz. co. should be 2% of net credit sales. The presdident of Ruiz Co., nervous that the stockholders might expect the company to sustain its 10% growth rate, suggests that the controller increase the allowance for doubtful accounts to 4%. The president thinks that the lower net income, which refects a 6% growth rate, will be a more sustainable rate for Ruiz Co.

Instructions:
a) Who are the stakeholders in this case?
b) Does the president's request pose an ethical dilemma for the controller?
c) Should the controller be concerned with Ruiz co.'s growth rate? Explain your answer.

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BYP1-7 BYP 1-7 BYP1-7 BYP 1-7 Wayne Terrago Wayne Terrago, controller for Robbin Industries, was reviewing production cost reports for the year

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Axia College of University of Phoenix (UoP)

Principles of Accounting

Weygandt, J. J., Kimmel, P. D., & Kieso, D. E. (2008). Financial Accounting (6th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

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Ethics Case

BYP 1-7 Wayne Terrago, controller for Robbin Industries, was reviewing production cost reports for the year. One amount in these reports continued to bother him-advertising. During the year, the company had instituted an expensive advertising campaign to sell some of its slower-moving products. It was still too early to tell whether the advertising campaign was successful. There had been much internal debate as how to report advertising cost. The vice president of finance argued that advertising costs should be reported as a cost of production, just like direct materials and direct labor. He therefore recommended that this cost be identified as manufacturing overhead and reported as part of inventory costs until sold. Others disagreed. Terrago believed that this cost should be reported as an expense of the current period, based on the conservatism principle. Others argued that it should be reported as Prepaid Advertising and reported as a current asset.

The president finally had to decide the issue. He argued that these costs should be reported as inventory. His arguments were practical ones. He noted that the company was experiencing financial difficulty and expensing this amount in the current period might jeopardize a planned bond offering. Also, by reporting the advertising costs as inventory rather than as prepaid advertising, less attention would be directed to it by the financial community.

Instructions
(a) Who are the stakeholders in this situation?
(b) What are the ethical issues involved in this situation?
(c) What would you do if you were Wayne Terrago?

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BYP3-6 BYP 3-6 Bluestem Company BYP3-6 BYP 3-6 Bluestem Company BYP3-6 BYP 3-6 Bluestem Company BYP3-6 BYP 3-6 Bluestem Company BYP3-6 BYP 3-6

ACCT 100 : Introduction to Financial Accounting
San Francisco State University (SFSU)

Financial Accounting
Jerry J. Weygandt

Ethics Case

BYP 3-6 Bluestem Company is a pesticide manufacturer. Its sales declined greatly this year due to the passage of legislation outlawing the sale of several of Bluestem’s chemical pesticides. In the coming year, Bluestem will have environmentally safe and competitive chemicals to replace these discontinued products. Sales in the next year are expected to greatly exceed any prior year’s. The decline in sales and profits appears to be a one-year aberration. But even so, the company president fears a large dip in the current year’s profits. He believes that such a dip could cause a significant drop in the market price of Bluestem’s stock and make the company a takeover target. To avoid this possibility, the company president calls in Cathi Bell, controller, to discuss this period’s year-end adjusting entries. He urges her to accrue every possible revenue and to defer as many expenses as possible. He says to Cathi, “We need the revenues this year, and next year can easily absorb expenses deferred from this year.We can’t let our stock price be hammered down!” Cathi didn’t get around to recording the adjusting entries until January 17, but she dated the entries December 31 as if they were recorded then. Cathi also made every effort to comply with the president’s request.

Instructions
(a) Who are the stakeholders in this situation?
(b) What are the ethical considerations of (1) the president’s request and (2) Cathi’s dating the adjusting entries December 31?
(c) Can Cathi accrue revenues and defer expenses and still be ethical?

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BYP9-6 BYP 9-6 Ruiz Co BYP9-6 BYP 9-6 Ruiz Co BYP9-6 BYP 9-6 Ruiz Co BYP9-6 BYP 9-6 Ruiz Co BYP9-6 BYP 9-6 Ruiz Co

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Axia College of University of Phoenix (UoP)

Principles of Accounting

Weygandt, J. J., Kimmel, P. D., & Kieso, D. E. (2008). Financial Accounting (6th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

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Ethics Case BYP 9-6 The controller of Ruiz Co. believes that the yearly allowance for doubtful accounts for Ruiz. co. should be 2% of net credit sales. The presdident of Ruiz Co., nervous that the stockholders might expect the company to sustain its 10% growth rate, suggests that the controller increase the allowance for doubtful accounts to 4%. The president thinks that the lower net income, which refects a 6% growth rate, will be a more sustainable rate for Ruiz Co.

Instructions:
a) Who are the stakeholders in this case?
b) Does the president's request pose an ethical dilemma for the controller?
c) Should the controller be concerned with Ruiz co.'s growth rate? Explain your answer.

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BYP 3-6 Bluestem Company is a pesticide manufacturer

ACCT 100 : Introduction to Financial Accounting
San Francisco State University (SFSU)

Financial Accounting
Jerry J. Weygandt

Ethics Case

BYP 3-6 Bluestem Company is a pesticide manufacturer. Its sales declined greatly this year due to the passage of legislation outlawing the sale of several of Bluestem’s chemical pesticides. In the coming year, Bluestem will have environmentally safe and competitive chemicals to replace these discontinued products. Sales in the next year are expected to greatly exceed any prior year’s. The decline in sales and profits appears to be a one-year aberration. But even so, the company president fears a large dip in the current year’s profits. He believes that such a dip could cause a significant drop in the market price of Bluestem’s stock and make the company a takeover target. To avoid this possibility, the company president calls in Cathi Bell, controller, to discuss this period’s year-end adjusting entries. He urges her to accrue every possible revenue and to defer as many expenses as possible. He says to Cathi, “We need the revenues this year, and next year can easily absorb expenses deferred from this year.We can’t let our stock price be hammered down!” Cathi didn’t get around to recording the adjusting entries until January 17, but she dated the entries December 31 as if they were recorded then. Cathi also made every effort to comply with the president’s request.

Instructions
(a) Who are the stakeholders in this situation?
(b) What are the ethical considerations of (1) the president’s request and (2) Cathi’s dating the adjusting entries December 31?
(c) Can Cathi accrue revenues and defer expenses and still be ethical?

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