1. For each case, identify the principle(s) of internal control that is violated.
a. Sutton Company has two employees handling acquisitions of inventory. One employee places
purchase orders and pays vendors. The second employee receives the merchandise.
b. Ben Shales prides himself on hiring quality workers who require little supervision. As office manager,
Ben gives his employees full discretion over their tasks and for years has seen no reason to perform
independent reviews of their work.
c. Carla Farah's manager has told her to reduce costs. Carla decides to raise the deductible on the
plant's property insurance from $5,000 to $10,000. This cuts the property insurance premium in half. In
a related move, she decides that bonding the plant's employees is a waste of money because the
company has not experienced any losses due to employee theft. Carla saves the entire amount of the
bonding insurance premium by dropping the bonding insurance.
d. Nori Nozumi posts all patient charges and payments at the Hopeville Medical Clinic. Each night Nori
backs up the computerized accounting system but does not password lock her computer.
e. To ensure the company retreat would not be cut, the manager of Lavina Company decided to save