Question: 1. Assume you Tim, what pressures does we have to comply with Jimmy's request? Do you think he should comply? Would you, if you were Tim? If not, how would you handle the situation?
2. Assume that Tim cooperates with Jimmy and covers up the design deficiency. What standards of ethical conduct for management accountants were violated?
3. Suppose that Tim refuses to cooperate. Jimmy then gets Linda to rerun the tests anyway, with the new, more optimistic results. He then approaches Tim, with the tests and indicates that he is sending a copy of the latest resuts to the divisional manager. Jimmy indicates that he will challenge any redesign recommendations that Tim recommends. What should Tim do?