Donna Franks, an accountant forSouthern Technologies Corporation, discovers that her supervisor, Elise Silverton, made severalerrors last year. Overall, the errors overstated the company’s net income by 40%. It is not clearwhether the errors were deliberate or accidental. What should Franks do?

Donna Franks, an accountant forSouthern Technologies Corporation, discovers that her supervisor, Elise Silverton, made severalerrors last year. Overall, the errors overstated the company’s net income by 40%. It is not clearwhether the errors were deliberate or accidental. What should Franks do?

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Donna Franks, an accountant for
Southern Technologies Corporation, discovers that her supervisor, Elise Silverton, made several
errors last year. Overall, the errors overstated the company’s net income by 40%. It is not clear
whether the errors were deliberate or accidental. What should Franks do?

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