John is an accountant for JCI Company. Early this year, John made a highly favorable projection of sales and profits over the next 3 years for the JCIs hot-selling computer FLEX. As a result of the projections John presented to senior management, the company decided to expand production in this area. This decision led to dislocations of some plant personnel who were reassigned to one of the companys newer plant in another place. However, no one was fired, and in fact the company expanded its workforce slightly.

Unfortunately, John rechecked his projection computations a few months later and found that he had made an error that would have reduced his projections substantially. Luckily, sales of FLEX have exceeded projections so far, and management is satisfied with its decision. John, however, is not sure what to do. Should he confess his honest mistake and jeopardize possible promotions? He suspects that no one will catch the error because FLEX sales have exceeded his projection, and it appears that profit will materialize close to his projections. What are the possible alternative actions for John? What would you do in Johns position?