Allocation of indirect costs to various departments can alter the departmental profit. Stop Company manufactures plates for drum brakes. To make the brake plate, three departments are required: stamping, plating, and packaging. At Stop, each department manager is eligible for a bonus based on departmental profit. You are the manager of the stamping department. Top management has given you the responsibility of assigning the indirect costs to each department. Stamping has higher material costs whereas plating has higher labor costs. You decide that it would be best to have the indirect costs evenly distributed to each department. Is this a correct decision? Should you have the authority to make this decision?