Question $4$

Isabelle is the controller at French Design Inc. In Q$42017,$ Isabelle slightly adjusted the percentage used to estimate bad debt

expense so that the company met its analysts' earnings expectations. In each of Q$1-$Q$42018,$ Isabelle continued to adjust the

estimate to keep up with analysts' expectations. Now in $2019,$ she must create fictitious customers to meet analysts' ever$-$rising

expectations of earnings. This scenario is an example of which of the following:

Ethical Pressure

Conflict of Interest

Moral Ignorance

Slippery Slope