Case Study: The Good Credit Reference

Topic: Insider Information/Trading

Involved Parties:

• Kathy Ryan, Trade Credit Officer, Diversified Consolidated Corporation
• Scott Bradley, Treasurer, North Manufacturing
• Mike Walman, Credit Managers, Basic Products

Kathy Ryan, a credit officer at Diversified Consolidated Corporation (DCC), had heard rumors that North Manufacturing was in deep trouble. She is responsible for credits to North of approximately $1 million. North always pays on time and is current on outstanding payables to DCC. North, in fact, uses DCC as a credit reference with other suppliers. Nevertheless, Kathy decided a visit to North was in order.

Kathy Ryan and Scott Bradley, North’s treasurer, had developed a good working relationship and went to lunch during Kathy’s visit. After several drinks, Scott Bradley said: “Kathy, we’re fried. I have to tell you, our financial statements aren’t fraudulent, but they don’t paint the full picture. Not only are we not doing well, but we’ve been talking to bankruptcy attorneys. If things don’t turn around soon, we may file before the end of next quarter. We plan to continue paying DCC promptly because we need all the trade credit we can get. In fact, supplier credit is giving us a chance to come back. Without it, we’d be under right now; with it, we might just squeak by. Frankly, if there is any way you can encourage your competition to supply us--do it. I’ve told Purchasing to place a large order with Basic Products instead of DCC. If Basic gives us credit, we can pay DCC in full before we file. If we make it through this, DCC will get our business back, but I don’t want your career to suffer because of our problems now.”

Kathy was shaken by Scott’s comments. She knew that if North’s credit went bad she would lose her annual bonus--25 percent of her compensation--and probably any chance for promotion. At worst, she could be fired. Shortly after her visit with Scott Bradley, she received a call from her friend in the Credit Department at Basic Products, Mike Walnnan. Suppliers often share credit information on common customers, so it was not surprising that Mike called. DCC’s policy is to provide what they refer to as the “prompt payment history” for the customer. This includes recent high credit balances, any past-due balance, and how promptly customer payments had been received.

After Kathy provided North’s prompt payment history--which in fact had been good--Mike was enthusiastic. “I'm glad to hear that,” he said. “We just got a huge order to supply them through the end of the year. There are a lot of rumors floating around, but if you’re getting paid promptly on that much, I guess it's OK.” Kathy broke in at that moment. "Can you hold the line, Mike? There’s someone at my door.” She put Mike on hold, her mind racing. She could suggest that Mike look into other public information sources or contact other suppliers about credit histories with North. That would be within acceptable company practice and almost certainly would send up a red flag for Mike. But who else could supply enough credit to North for DCC to get its money out?

She couldn’t keep Mike on hold forever, she pressed the flashing button on her telephone-- “Mike?…” What should Kathy say?

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Use the Instructions for Case Analyses to craft a response to this case, articulating the main issues and ethical dilemma. Review the assessment criteria below before you begin writing.

Submit a written paper which is 2-3-pages in length exclusive of reference page and that is double-spaced. You should cite relevant resources in APA format.

Papers will be assessed using the following criteria:

The Written assignment:

• identifies all the relevant facts of the case
• articulates overarching ethical issues including the extent of Kathy's responsibility to take action
• identifies all stakeholders
• poses possible alternatives and ethics of each alternative. Paper should explore the possible alternatives and ethics from the Utilitarian Perspective, the Rights Perspective, or the Justice Perspective
• recommends a specific action Kathy should take
• is of high quality, writing is clear and professional
• conforms to the structural requirements including APA style guidelines for References.

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SUBJECT: System analysis and design IT243

Q1:

Assume the following scenario:
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Air is compressed from an inlet condition of 100 kPa, 300 K to an exit pressure of 1000 kPa by an internally reversible compressor. Determine the compressor power per unit mass flow rate if the device is

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[We expect that your algorithm is written in pseudocode, together with an English description and a short, informal argument for its correctness and running time.]

Hint: If you are not familiar with the xor operator, try to think of it as the addition operator; the two operators have many similar properties. Still, the xor operator has this nice property: if you have x = a ⊕ b then x ⊕ a = b.

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Problem Solving Exercise #4 Instructions

Read the following descriptions of Quest Specialty Travel and its problem.

Company description: Quest Specialty Travel is a tour company in San Diego, California, that organizes adventure, cultural, and educational tours. Quest travelers enjoy activities ranging from hiking to hang-gliding while becoming familiar with the culture of the region—the food, the people, and the history.

Quest sponsors tours to five regions of the world: Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, and Oceania (including Australia and New Zealand). Customers are usually traveling for pleasure, though Quest occasionally organizes business trips.

Problem: Typically, the late spring and summer months are the most popular times for personal travel. For the last five years, the top sales months have been April-August. This year, however, sales did not increase during these months. For the first time in five years, Quest annual sales are declining—they now expect to make less this year than last year.

1. Identify the problem.  Explain.

2. What data did you use to help you with the problem.

3. What data or information did you use to observe current conditions?

4. Provide a statement on how you would summarize this problem.