COMPUTERISED SHIPPING DOCUMENTS Fremantle Fisheries (FF) operates a fleet of fishing boats out of three ports in Western Australia remantle, Bunbury and Geraldton. Each port bas its own fishing fleet and all seafood caught is sc through the Fish Marketing Board, a board established by the state government. The accounting pr cedures for all sales to the Board are centralised and handled by a computerised accounting syste at FF's head office in Perth. The majority of the company's employees work on the fishing boats, an are paid bonuses from head office, depending on the volume, type and quality of seafood caught. Th means that head office must be able to identify the source of each shipment sent to the Board. John Dorey, who was originally based in Geraldton and handled the accounting procedures Geraldton before computerisation, is now based in Perth as manager of the computerised accountin system. His father and two sisters are still based in Geraldton and work for the company on the fishin boats, as do many friends of the family. Shipping documents are sent to the Perth head office from all three ports, and the source of the ship the ton right-hand corner of the documents Occasionally however, details c

COMPUTERISED SHIPPING DOCUMENTS Fremantle Fisheries (FF) operates a fleet of fishing boats out of three ports in Western Australia remantle, Bunbury and Geraldton. Each port bas its own fishing fleet and all seafood caught is sc through the Fish Marketing Board, a board established by the state government. The accounting pr cedures for all sales to the Board are centralised and handled by a computerised accounting syste at FF's head office in Perth. The majority of the company's employees work on the fishing boats, an are paid bonuses from head office, depending on the volume, type and quality of seafood caught. Th means that head office must be able to identify the source of each shipment sent to the Board. John Dorey, who was originally based in Geraldton and handled the accounting procedures Geraldton before computerisation, is now based in Perth as manager of the computerised accountin system. His father and two sisters are still based in Geraldton and work for the company on the fishin boats, as do many friends of the family. Shipping documents are sent to the Perth head office from all three ports, and the source of the ship the ton right-hand corner of the documents Occasionally however, details c

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ETHICS AND GOVERNANCE
COMPUTERISED SHIPPING DOCUMENTS
Pnanie Fisheries (FF) operates a fleet of fishing boats out of three ports in Western Australia
remantie, Bunbury and Geraldton. Each port has its own fishing fleet and all seafood caught is sold
through the Fish Marketing Board, a board established by the state government. The accounting pro-
cedures for all sales to the Board are centralised and handled by a computerised accounting system
at FF's head office in Perth. The majority of the company's employees work on the fishing boats, and
are paid bonuses from head office, depending on the volume, type and quality of seafood caught. This
means that head office must be able to identify the source of each shipment sent to the Board.
John Dorey, who was originally based in Geraldton and handled the accounting procedures at
Geraldton before computerisation, is now based in Perth as manager of the computerised accounting
system. His father and two sisters are still based in Geraldton and work for the company on the fishing
boats, as do many friends of the family.
Shipping documents are sent to the Perth head office from all three ports, and the source of the ship-
ment is clearly marked in the top right-hand corner of the documents. Occasionally, however, details of
the source are missing, and it is not easy to trace the source quickly. Dorey, in his capacity as manager of
the system, is keen to keep the system fully operational and up to date, and has instructed the keyboard
operator to insert any one of three Geraldton source codes, namely those of his father and two sisters,
whenever the source code is missing from the shipping document. The keyboard operator knows that the
codes given are those belonging to his boss's family, but nevertheless complies with the request for fear
that non-compliance may lead to his own dismissal.
Requiredo botiue
(a) Who are the stakeholders in this situation?
h) What are the ethical issues involved here as a result of Dorey's request and the action taken by the
keyboard operator?
to) If vou were the keyboard operator, what action (if any) would you take to prevent this situation
occurring? Why?
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