Farmer Franks produces items from local farm products anddistributes them to supermarkets. Over the years, price competitionhas become increasingly important, so Susan Kramer, thecompanys controller, is planning to implement a standardcost system for Farmer Franks. She asked her costaccountant, Margaret Chang, to gather cost information on theproduction of blueberry preserves (Farmer Franks mostpopular product). Margaret reported that blueberries cost $.75 perquart, the price she intends to pay to her good friend who has beenoperating a blueberry farm that has been unprofitable for the lastfew years. Because of an oversupply in the market, the price forblueberries has dropped to $.60 per quart. Margaret is sure thatthe $.75 price will be enough to pull her friends farm outof the red and into the black.

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Is Margarets behavior regarding the cost information sheprovided to Susan unethical? Explain your answer.