Fifth edition Alnoor Bhimani Charles T. Horngren Srikant M. Datar Madhav V. Rajan Farah Ahamed



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14.15 Budgeting material purchases.
(10 min)
Finished goods
(units) Budgeted sales
42,000 Add target closing finished goods stock
24,000 Total requirements
66,000 Deduct opening finished goods stock
22,000 Units to be produced
44,000


Bhimani, Horngren, Datar and Rajan, Management and Cost Accounting, 5
th
Edition, Instructor’s Manual
© Pearson Education Limited 2012
Direct materials
(in
litres)
Direct materials needed for production (44,000 × 3)
132,000 Add target closing direct materials stock
110,000 Total requirements
242,000 Deduct opening direct materials stock
90,000 Direct materials to be purchased
152,000
14.16 Budgetary slack and ethics.
(15 min) The use of budgetary slack, particularly if it has a detrimental effect on the company, maybe unethical. In assessing the situation, the specific Standards of Ethical Conduct
for Management Accountants
, summarised in Exhibit 1.7, that the management accountant should consider are listed below.
a. Competence
Clear reports using relevant and reliable information should be prepared. Reports prepared on the basis of incorrect revenue or cost projections would violate the management accountant’s responsibility for competence. Performance of Czereszewski and Sazanowicz would appear to look better than they actually are because their performances are being compared to understated and unreliable budgets.
b. Integrity
Any activity that subverts the legitimate goals of the company should be avoided. Incorrect reporting of revenue and cost budgets could be viewed as violating the responsibility for integrity. Ethical guidelines require the management accountant to communicate favourable as well as unfavourable information. Zielinski will probably regard Czereszewski’s and Sazanowicz’s behaviour as unethical because it is attempting to project their results in a favourable light.
c. Objectivity
The management accountant’s ethical guidelines require that information should be fairly and objectively communicated and that all relevant information should be disclosed. From a management accountant’s standpoint, Czereszewski and Sazanowicz are clearly violating both these precepts. For the various reasons cited above, Zielinski should take the position that the behaviour described by Czereszewski and Sazanowicz is unethical.

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