Mary works in the accounting department of New Trends Sales Company. Her job includes reviewing expense reports submitted by management and employees. In determining which expenses are "padding," Mary should apply to management

a. the same ethical principles that apply to employees.

b. those principles that produce the most favorable financial outcome.

c. a different set of principles from those that apply to employees.

d. whatever result is in the best interest of New Trends.

Mary should apply to management i.e.

A. The same ethical principles that apply to employees.

Explanation:

As it is given that Mary works in the accounting department of her company.

Also her job includes expense reports reviewing which was submitted by the employees and management.

So, for determining the expenses which are 'padding' the management which should be applied is the same ethical principles that all are applied to the customers.

Padding one's expense account means that to make some unnecessary and fraud charges for one's own usage for a company of one's.

In this the principles applied which are the ethical one's are been applied to all the employees who are involved in it.

They do not produce most favourable outcome from the reached source.

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