Harmony is the Senior accountant of a Bank. Junior accountants of all the branches reportto her. While preparing for the final quarter sales report, she finds that two out of the fourbranches have failed to achieve the sales targets for the second consecutive quarter.According to the company policy, the branches that fail to achieve targets in twoconsecutive quarters have to be closed. Harmony feels sad for all the people losing theirjobs and decides that she will overstate the sales revenue generated by every branch andreport manipulated figures in the financial statements. Answer the following questions. Describe Harmony’s actions from ethical standpoint. Is she doing the right thing? What can be the consequences of Harmony’s actions. What are the risks involved? What would you suggest to Harmony? Please note this is not an essay.

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The term "cash flow" basically means the flow of money in and out of business. The cash flow usually takes place from operational, investing, and financing activities. The cash flow normally denotes the amount of cash that is transferred either into the business as positive cash flows or out of business as expenses with regards to operating, investing, and financing activities.