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Question - CASE STUDY: You are in your last year of studying BSc Accounting. You are also a trainee accountant in your second year of training within a small practice. A more senior trainee has been on sick leave, and you are due to go on study leave. You have been told by your manager that, before you go on leave, you must complete some complicated reconciliation work. The deadline suggested appears unrealistic, given the complexity of the work.

You feel that you are not sufficiently experienced to complete the work alone. You would need additional supervision to complete it to the required standard, and your manager appears unable to offer the necessary support. If you try to complete the work within the proposed timeframe but fail to meet the expected quality, you could face repercussions on your return from study leave. You feel slightly intimidated by your manager, and also feel pressure to do what you can for the practice in what are challenging times.

What are the ethical issues in the case?

What are the alternative courses of action?

What are the key principles/values related to the each option?

What are the consequences of each course of action?

What is the best course of action from an ethical point of view? What ethical theory (normative) supports your position?

Use Rest's model of decision making to discuss what you would actually do.

Discuss at least two individual factors that may affect your decision?

Discuss at least two situational factors that may affect your decision?

Do you think that everybody that reads this dilemma will make similar decisions? Why?