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Chapter 11, Problem 11.1CP
Ethics and professional conduct in business
Tonya Latirno is a certified public accountant (CPA) and staff accountant for Kennedy and Kennedy, a local CPA firm. It had been the policy of the firm to provide a holiday bonus equal to two weeks’ salary to all employees. The firm’s new management team announced on November 15 that a bonus equal to only one week’s salary would be made available to employees this year. Tonya thought that this policy was unfair because she and her coworkers planned on the full two-week bonus. The two-week bonus had been given for 10 straight years, so it seemed as though the firm had breached an implied commitment. Thus, Tonya decided that she would make up the lost bonus week by working an extra six hours of overtime per week over the next five weeks until the end of the year. Kennedy and Kennedy’s policy is to pay overtime at 150% of straight time.
Tonya’s supervisor was surprised to see overtime being reported, because there is generally very little additional or unusual client service demands at the end of the calendar year. However, the overtime was not questioned, because firm employees are on the “honor system” in reporting their overtime.
Discuss whether the firm is acting in an ethical manner by changing the bonus. Is Tonya behaving in an ethical manner?
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Tonya Latirno is a certified public accountant (CPA) and staff accountant for Kennedy and Kennedy, a local CPA firm. It had been the policy of the firm to provide a holiday bonus equal to two weeks’ salary to all employees. The firm’s new management team announced on November 15 that a bonus equal to only one week’s salary would be made available to employees this year. Tonya thought that this policy was unfair because she and her coworkers planned on the full two-week bonus. The two-week bonus had been given for 10 straight years, so it seemed as though the firm had breached an implied commitment. Thus, Tonya decided that she would make up the lost bonus week by working an extra six hours of overtime per week over the next five weeks until the end of the year. Kennedy and Kennedy’s policy is to pay overtime at 150% of straight time.Tonya’s supervisor was surprised to see overtime being reported, because there is generally very little additional or unusual client service demands at…
Tonya is a staff accountant for a local CPA firm. For the past 10 years, the firm has given employees a year-end bonus equal to two weeks' salary. On November 15, the firm's management team announced that there would be no annual bonus this year. Because of the firm's long history of giving a year-end bonus, Tonya and her co-workers had come to expect the bonus and felt that the CPA firm owed the money to the employees. Tonya decided that she would make up for the lost bonus by working an extra six hours of overtime per week for the rest of the year because overtime hours are paid at "time and a half" rates.
Tonya's supervisor was surprised to see overtime being reported, because there's usually not an increase in client service at the end of the calendar year. However, the overtime was not questioned, because employees are on the "honor system" in reporting their work hours.
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Betty Crawford is a staff accountant for a local CPA firm. For the past 15 years, the CPA firm has given employees a year-end bonus equal to two weeks’ salary. On November 30, the firm’s management team announced that there would be no annual bonus this year. Because of the firm’s long history of giving a year-end bonus, Betty and her co-workers had come to expect the bonus and felt that the firm had breached an implicit agreement by discontinuing the bonus. As a result, Betty decided that she would make up for the lost bonus by working an extra six hours of overtime per week for the rest of the year. The firm's policy is to pay overtime at 150% of straight time. Betty’s supervisor was surprised to see overtime being reported because there are generally very few additional or unusual client service demands at the end of the calendar year. However, the overtime was not questioned, because employees are on the “honor system” in reporting their work hours.
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