Human Relations in Administrations- Discuss Implementation and Plans of Case Study

Human Relations in Administrations- Discuss Implementation and Plans of Case Study

During spring of that year, Valerie had considered resigning from her position as Controller of Taurus. She was in her second semester of graduate school, working toward a master’s degree in accounting with plans to become a Certified Public Accountant (CPA). She had completed her undergraduate degree with a major in accounting 13 years earlier. During each weekly meeting of the accounting ethics class that spring, Valerie had listened to her classmates discuss their own business experiences. Several of them had resigned from companies in which owners and managers were unethical. She respected the ones who recounted making tough decisions to stand up for what they knew was right.

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Valerie did not get the chance to resign from Taurus because Bullard took action first. He fired her in early March when she refused to prepare a spreadsheet to allocate overhead to the company’s construction jobs erroneously. The resulting accounting entries would have overstated expenses and resulted in lower taxes. Bullard had stormed into her office and demanded to know why she had not yet completed the overhead spreadsheet to “meet his numbers.” She told him the numbers he wanted were wrong. His face became beet red and he screamed, “Get out of your chair. I’ll do it myself. Get your stuff.” He fired her, effective immediately.

In thinking about how she felt after being fired, Valerie realized it was actually a relief. It felt as though a huge burden had been lifted. Even though Valerie had some thoughts of putting the Taurus experience behind her, she also wondered what she could do to stop Bullard’s illegal activities. She did not want revenge; she just wanted him to stop filing fraudulent tax returns, defrauding his business partner and deceiving his own CPA. Bullard would likely continue his behavior unless someone took action. Valerie wondered if she should report Bullard to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Was she personally responsible for doing that or should she just get on with her life? Did she have a professional obligation to report Bullard to the IRS, particularly since she planned to become a CPA?

Overhead allocation

Section: Choose Top of page Overhead allocation << Valerie Thorpe Vic Bullard Taurus Construction and m… Suspicious financial deal… After her firing

Valerie had completed nearly three years in her position as Director of Accounting at Taurus when Bullard first gave her the assignment of preparing a spreadsheet to allocate overhead. It was a straightforward process, a routine procedure as part of closing out the fiscal year‐end. Valerie reviewed the ledger accounts to identify costs that were overhead (such as utilities, small tools and supplies) and divided those among the many Taurus construction projects. That enabled Bullard, the company’s managers and his business partner to evaluate the profitability of each project in addition to the overall profitability……………..