Sarah is a professional accountant with CPA Australia designation and recently started working in an international company in Melbourne. Sarah noticed that the financial manager of the company has a close personal relationship with a member in the suppliers' marketing team and the same products are available to be purchased with lower prices from another supplier. Sarah also found out that one of the accounting staff has released internal information of the company to his friend who is an active investor in the ASX. When Sarah approach the financial manager to discuss the current supplier's price, the financial manager adviser her '' do not interfere in my works or you will lose your job''.

Sarah knows that members of the accounting professional bodies like CPA Australia have to comply with the APES 10 Code of EThics for Professional Accountants.

REQUIRE

Identify if any APES 10 Code of EThics for Professional Accountants has been violated in this and how.