Jim Coleman, Jr

question 80

Essay

Jim Coleman, Jr. was appointed the manager of Maris Properties, a recently formed company that manages residential rental properties. Linda Grider is the accountant. She prepared a chart of accounts based on an analysis of the expenditures of the company. Two of the largest expense categories are Travel and Entertainment. Mr. Coleman believes that it is important to maintain a presence in the social life of the city. In this, he sharply differs from his father, Jim Coleman, Sr. The elder Mr. Coleman has set up Maris Properties in order to test his son's management skills before allowing him to manage the more lucrative commercial property business. Mr. Coleman, Sr. provided the capital for Maris, and maintains close contact with the company. He allowed his son, however, to hire his own employees.
Mr. Coleman has asked Ms. Grider to change the names of the Travel and Entertainment Expense accounts to Property Development. He hopes to deflect his father's attention away from the amount he has spent on travel and entertainment until he has proven that his methods work. When Ms. Grider resisted, he reminded her that he, not his father, hired her. He also reminded her that she had been enthusiastic about his business plans when she was hired.
Required:
1. Who are the stakeholders in this situation?
2. Should Ms. Grider agree to the change in the Travel Expense and Entertainment Expense accounts to Property Development? Explain.

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Definitions:

Poisoning the Well

A logical fallacy where adverse information about a target is preemptively presented to an audience, with the intention of discrediting or ridiculing everything the target person is about to say.

Motives

The reasons or motivations behind one's actions or behavior.

Reasoning

The act of analyzing something systematically to arrive at a decision or evaluation.

Ad Hominem Fallacy

A fallacy that attacks the person making an argument rather than the argument itself, aiming to discredit the argument by discrediting its proponent.