Case: You are a qualified accountant. You have been asked, by your line manager, to complete a costing exercise* with a very short deadline andlimited resources. You think that the chief executive of the company is planning to use this information to restructure the company, including making some of your close colleagues redundant. You are worried that your work cannot be robust enough to be used for such a big business decision, but your line manager is putting you under a lot of pressure to complete the work quickly.

QUESTIONS What would be your key considerations in your approach to resolving the dilemma presented? What course of action would you take to resolve the dilemma?