As Edwards Company controller, you are responsible for informing the board of directors about its financial activities. At the board meeting, you present the following information:

After the meeting, the company's CEO holds a press conference with analysts in which the following ratios were mentioned:

Why do I want you to do it?

When making decisions on behalf of an organization, those decisions should be ethical ones. Ethical decisions are more sustainable, and less likely to have an adverse impact on the organization. Ethical decision making requires you to recognize an ethical issue, analyze the alternatives and consequences, and justify an appropriate action.

How do I want you to do it?

Answer each question below:

1. Summarize the ethical issue or problem; be sure to include any relevant details provided in the scenario.
2. Describe potential unintended or intended consequences. What else could happen or who else could be impacted?
3. Recommend a potential alternative that could be taken in order to act in an appropriate and ethical manner.