A problem at Glenfair Electronics has been brought to the attention of the vice president of human resources, Bob Schein. Anwar Patel has informed him that his new CFO, John Beatty, has told him to take an aggressive approach in the calculations of the projected sales revenue in order to portray a greater revenue then the company has received. By Beatty doing this, shareholders will be misled about the future sales performance and can cause the stock prices to heighten. Patel informed Schein that when he questioned Beatty about this, Beatty started acting hostile to him.
Schein is now in the position to make a decision on what action to take in order to resolve this conflict. Schein can confront Beatty with the allegations brought to his attention by Patel. He could inform Patel of the whistle blower protection and take this issue to the CEO. Or Schein could tell Patel to continue to perform the task his CFO has asked him to do and make the CFO responsible for the outcome. There are both advantages and disadvantages to each of the decisions. …show more content…
This could cause the issue at hand to be put to an end. On the other hand, Beatty could not be happy that Patel went behind his back to Schein, causing a more hostile environment between Patel and Beatty. Beatty could also deny the accusation and turn it around the Patel came up with that plan with intentions of getting Beatty in trouble. Since it would then be a he said he said case, it would be hard to further determine what really happened and how to resolve the hostile environment between