Q1. Reginald Logistics, a U.S. shipping company, has just begun distributing goodsacross the Atlantic to Norway. The company began operations in 2011, transportinggoods to South America in a very competitive industry. The company's earnings arecurrently trailing behind its competitors and Reginald's investors are becominganxious. Some of the company's largest investors are even talking of selling theirinterest in the shipping newcomer. Reginald's CEO, Bryce Wayne, calls an emergencymeeting with his executive team. Wayne needs a plan before his upcomingconference call with uneasy investors. Reginald's executive staff suggest pressuringcurrent customers to take early delivery of goods before the end of the year so thatmore revenue can be reported on this year's financial statements.Which stakeholdersof Reginald will be least affected by this practice?Investors in Reginald stock.Customers of Reginald servicesManagement personnel at Reginald Q5. Mark Johns is the new division controller of the Frozen-Foods Division of LindelFoods. Lindel Foods has reported a minimum 15% growth in annual earnings for eachof the past 5 years. The Frozen-Foods Division has reported annual earnings growthof more than 20% each year in this same period. During the current year, theeconomy went into recession. The corporate controller estimates a 10% annualearnings growth rate for Lindel Foods this year. One month before the December 31fiscal year-end of the current year, Johns estimates the Frozen-Foods Division willreport an annual earnings growth of only 8%. Linda Kay, the frozen-foods divisionpresident, is not happy, but she notes that the "end-of-year actions" still need to betaken. Johns makes some inquiries and is able to compile a list of end-of-year actionsthat were more or less accepted by the previous division controller. Which one of thefollowing proposed actions would clearly not present an ethical dilemma to thecompany and violate the IMA Standards of Ethical Conduct?(A.Altering dates of shipping documents of next January's sales to record them as sales in December of the currentyear.B.Deferring the current period's reported advertising costs by having Lindel Foods's outside advertising agencydelay billing December advertisements until January of next year or by having the agency alter invoices to concealthe December date.C.Persuading carriers to accept merchandise for shipment in December of the current year even though theynormally would not have done so.

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