1. ASH ACC 306 W EEK 4 E THICS C ASE 19-7 C HECK THIS A+ TUTORIAL GUIDELINE AT HTTP :// WWW. ASSIGNMENTCLOUD. COM / ACC -306- ASH / ACC -306- WEEK -4- ETHICS - CASE -19-7 F OR MORE CLASSES VISIT HTTP :// WWW. ASSIGNMENTCLOUD. COM E THICS C ASE 19–7 I NTERNATIONAL N ETWORK S OLUTIONS ● LO6 I NTERNATIONAL N ETWORK S OLUTIONS PROVIDES PRODUCTS AND SERVICES RELATED TO REMOTE ACCESS NETWORKING. T HE COMPANY HAS GROWN RAPIDLY DURING ITS FIRST 10 YEARS OF OPERATIONS. A S ITS SEGMENT OF THE INDUSTRY HAS BEGUN TO MATURE, THOUGH, THE FAST GROWTH OF PREVIOUS YEARS HAS BEGUN TO SLOW. I N FACT, THIS YEAR REVENUES AND PROFITS ARE ROUGHLY THE SAME AS LAST YEAR. O NE MORNING, NINE WEEKS BEFORE THE CLOSE OF THE FISCAL YEAR, R OB M ASHBURN, CFO, AND J ESSICA L ANE, CONTROLLER, WERE SHARING COFFEE AND IDEAS IN L ANE ’ S OFFICE. L ANE : A BOUT THE B OARD MEETING T HURSDAY. Y OU MAY BE RIGHT. T HIS MAY BE THE TIME TO SUGGEST A SHARE BUYBACK PROGRAM. M ASHBURN : T O BEGIN THIS YEAR, YOU MEAN ? L ANE : R IGHT ! I KNOW B ARBER WILL BE LOBBYING TO USE THE FUNDS FOR OUR E UROPEAN EXPANSION. S HE ’ S PROBABLY RIGHT ABOUT THE BEST USE OF OUR FUNDS, BUT WE CAN ALWAYS ISSUE MORE NOTES NEXT YEAR. R IGHT NOW, WE NEED A QUICK FIX FOR OUR EPS NUMBERS. M ASHBURN : O UR SHAREHOLDERS ARE ACCUSTOMED TO INCREASES EVERY YEAR. R EQUIRED : 1. H OW WILL A BUYBACK OF SHARES PROVIDE A “ QUICK FIX ” FOR EPS? 2. I S THE PROPOSAL ETHICAL ? 3. W HO WOULD BE AFFECTED IF THE PROPOSAL IS IMPLEMENTED ? HTTP :// WWW. ASSIGNMENTCLOUD. COM / ACC -306- ASH / ACC -306- WEEK -4- ETHICS - CASE -19-7 HTTP :// WWW. ASSIGNMENTCLOUD. COM