Your Manager Asks You to "Cook the Books" to Support

question 15

Multiple Choice

Your manager asks you to "cook the books" to support a loan application at the local bank. The manager insists it is a one-time request. If you are a person of integrity, what should you do?

• A) Go along with the manager's request
• B) Talk to others in the company to determine how they handled such situations
• C) Refuse to go along with the request
• D) Inform the audit committee

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