Lane has been approached by Casey Henderson, a former colleague who worked

with Lane when they were both employed by a public accounting firm. Henderson

has recently started his own firm, Henderson Benchmarking Associates, which

collects and sells data on industry benchmarks. He offers to provide Lane with

benchmarks for the outdoor furniture industry free of charge if she will provide him

with the past three years of Outdoor Living's standard and actual costs. Henderson

explains that this is how he obtains most of his firm's benchmarking data. Lane

always has a difficult time with the standard-setting process and believes that the

benchmark data would be very useful.

Question:Ethical Issue 23-1

Lane has been approached by Casey Henderson, a former colleague who worked with Lane when they...