The stakeholder involved in this decision is Anne Distagne, the CEO of Linkage Construction, Inc. She was the individual involved in the decision-making process. of falsifying information to not display the significant increase in profit.
2. What are the ethical issues involved?
There are several ethical issues involved. The first issue is Anne's demeanor towards the accountant Sue. Anne used her superiority with Sue as a threat so that Sue can revise the figures. The second issue were the details involved behind the manipulation of numbers. Anne wanted to bring down the “...35% gain...” (Axia College, 2011, p. 288) that was over from the previous year for fear of her image that she