Romberg Products Company operates three divisions, each with its own manufacturing plant and marketing/sales force. The corporate

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Romberg Products Company operates three divisions, each with its own manufacturing plant and marketing/sales force. The corporate headquarters and central accounting office are in Romberg, and the plants are in Freeport, Rockport, and Bayport, all within 50 miles of Romberg. Corporate management treats each division as an independent profit center and encourages competition among them. They each have similar but different product lines. As a competitive incentive, bonuses are awarded each year to the employees of the fastest growing and most profitable division.
Enrique Cepeda is the manager of Romberg's centralized computer accounting operation that enters the sales transactions and maintains the accounts receivable for all three divisions. Enrique came up in the accounting ranks from the Bayport division where his wife, several relatives, and many friends still work.
As sales documents are entered into the computer, the originating division is identified by code. Most sales documents (95%) are coded, but some (5%) are not coded or are coded incorrectly. As the manager, Enrique has instructed the data-entry personnel to assign the Bayport code to all uncoded and incorrectly coded sales documents. This is done he says, "in order to expedite processing and to keep the computer files current since they are updated daily." All receivables and cash collections for all three divisions are handled by Romberg as one subsidiary accounts receivable ledger.

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(a) Who are the stakeholders in this situation?
(b) What are the ethical issues in this case?
(c) How might the system be improved to prevent this situation?

Stakeholders
A person, group or organization that has interest or concern in an organization. Stakeholders can affect or be affected by the organization's actions, objectives and policies. Some examples of key stakeholders are creditors, directors, employees,...
Accounts Receivable
Accounts receivables are debts owed to your company, usually from sales on credit. Accounts receivable is business asset, the sum of the money owed to you by customers who haven’t paid.The standard procedure in business-to-business sales is that...
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Financial and managerial accounting

ISBN: 978-1118016114

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Authors: Jerry J. Weygandt, Paul D. Kimmel, Donald E. Kieso

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