Sally recently started her first job after graduating from business school with her accounting degree. She is very excited to be working in her field and although she knows she still has a lot to learn, she already feels like she is getting a good feel for what it takes to be successful. She has been assigned to work under one of the senior accountants, Mrs. Harris, and so far, she has been easy to work with and very helpful. For the last several weeks Sally has spent most of her time entering data into the firm's computer system in preparation for the issuance of their clients' annual reports. On Friday, as she is preparing to leave for the day her supervisor calls her into her office.

"Well, Sally, still enjoying your work here with us?" Mrs. Harris asks.

"Oh, yes ma'am, very much. I know I am still new and have a great deal to learn, but I am very happy with my job," Sally replies.

"That's good to hear, Sally. We are all very happy that you are here and I think you will be a valuable asset to the firm. In fact, I have something that I would like for you to do for me. I understand you are available to work over the weekend, is that correct?" Mrs. Harris inquired.

"Yes, I am happy to come in over the weekend if you need me to!" Sally replied.

"Excellent," Mrs. Harris said as she pulled a folder from her desk drawer. Handing the folder to Sally she continued, "we identified some errors in the data that was entered for the Dale account and I would consider it a personal favor if you could get these numbers corrected over the weekend. I have already taken the liberty of alerting building security, so you won't need to worry about getting into the office. I don't expect anyone else to be here, are you okay with being in the office alone?"

Sally took the folder from Mrs. Harris's outstretched hand and opened it to see what she had committed to. There were several pages of entries to be corrected, but Sally breathed a sigh of relief when she realized that the work was not that different from what she had been doing for the last several weeks.

"Oh, I will be just fine. I should be able to get all of these corrections made in a few hours, ma'am." Sally said.

"Well, then, that's that," said Mrs. Harris, smiling at Sally.

Taking that as her queue to leave, Sally gathered up the folder and her belongings and headed towards the door. Just as she got to the door Mrs. Harris spoke again.

"Oh, and Sally, I would appreciate it very much if you didn't discuss this matter with your colleagues. It, ummm, might be an embarrassment to Mark Murphy. He made the original entries and I would hate for him to look bad in front of the other junior partners. You understand, I'm sure." Mrs. Harris said.

"Of course, Mrs. Harris, I wouldn't want Mr. Murphy to be put in a bad position. He has been very helpful and I really like him." Sally replied.

"Then it's settled. If you just get these few minor corrections made over the weekend we will be back on track to get the Dale annual report out on time. And please make sure that you put in overtime for your hours. I will sign off on them personally on Monday morning." Mrs. Harris said as she turned her attention to the stack of phone messages on her desk.

Sally thanked Mrs. Harris for giving her the opportunity to be of assistance as she walked out of her office, pulling the door closed behind her.

On Saturday morning Sally got dressed and was seated at her desk at 8am. As she waited for her computer to boot up, she began looking through the documents Mrs. Harris had given her the day before. There were several pages of entries that had to be made and it slowly dawned on Sally that all of the entries had something in common - they either increased revenue or decreased an expense. Several of the entries re-classified long-term debt as capital improvements.

"Well, these entries will totally change the financial position of the company," Sally said to herself. "How could Mr. Murphy have made this many errors?" she thought. "Something about this isn't right," Marcie thought out loud. Slouching back in her chair she suddenly found herself liking her job and Mrs. Harris less than she did when she had gotten up that morning