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Chapter1: Financial Statements And Business Decisions
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You are a accountant, working for a small firm of accountants and report to the Accounts’ Manager.
One of the trainees recently joined your company, and the Accounts’ Director has asked her to provide information on her previous company’s client base.
This information would then be used to attract new clients and encourage them to change their accountants and move to your firm. This will increase the revenue of the firm.
What advise will you give the trainees?
Inform the trainee that she should keep confidentiality and should not reveal any information about her previous clients.
Advise the trainee to contact her old employer and obtain permission to use the information on their client base.
Advise the trainee that she should be loyal towards her new employer and should therefore provide the information to the Accounts’ Director as requested.
Inform the trainee that revealing such information is illegal, and that it is a crime under the regulations
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