Carol, a senior manager in Countem & Weep, LLP, encourages Rob, her junior manager, to bill Countem & Weep’s clients for his commute time, and identify it as “meet and confer with senior manager.” Carol explains that she will then adjust her own billing sheet to match this entry. Carol tells Rob that all other Countem & Weep junior and senior managers engage in this practice, and that clients have never questioned such entries. Rob is not sure whether this would be an ethical action. Review Resisting Requests to Act Unethically in the textbook. What are two tactics Rob can use without leaving his job?
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