Kean Corporation manufactures personal computers.The Company began operations in 2016 and reported profits for the years 2016 through 2019.Due primarily to increased competition and price slashing in the industry,2020's income statement reported a loss of $20million.Just before the end of the 2021fiscal year,a memo from the company's CFO to James Fields, the company controller, included the following comments:

If we don't do something about the large amount of unsold computers already manufactured, our auditors will require us to write them off.The resulting loss for 2021 will cause a violation of our debt covenants and force the company into bankruptcy.I suggest that you ship half of our inventorytoA.B. Sales, Inc. in Newark, NJ.I know the Company's president and he will accept the merchandise and acknowledge the shipment as a purchase.We can record the sale in 2021 which will boost profits to an acceptable level.Then A.B. Sales will simply return the merchandise in 2022 after the financial statements have been issued.

1)Identify the ethical issue and the stakeholders.Stakeholders may include shareholders,creditors, management, employees and the community.

2) Specify the alternative courses of action.

3)Identify the consequences of each possible course of action.

4)Make your decision as to what would you do.