Timothy a financial manager for individual clients, knows that a certain action one of his clients is considering would have a negative impact on some of his own personal business plan. Timothy's client is unaware of this. As he analyzes the situation, Timothy does believe that the clients potential actions would probably be best for the client. He doesn't want the client to decide on this course, however, because of the loss he would encounter personally. What type of situation is Timothy in?
A. Contradiction to duties
B. Conflict of interests
C. Misreporting
D .Financial fraud

Timothy is in B. Conflict of interest.

Explanation

in 2001, dell computer became the world’s largest personal computer vendor, continuing to

gain market share and post profits in an industry struggling with slumping sales and billions of

dollars in losses. dell sells 90% of its pcs directly to the final customer, largely bypassing the

reseller channel that accounts for most of the world’s pc sales. this direct customer relationship

is the key to dell’s business model, and provides distinct advantages over the indirect sales

model. dell’s direct relationship with the customer allows it to tailor its offerings to customer

needs, offer add-on products and services, and use the internet to offer a variety of customer

services. in addition, dell’s pcs are built to customers’ specifications upon receipt of an order,

giving dell additional advantages over indirect pc vendors who must try to forecast demand and

ship products based on those forecasts. dell’s direct sales and build-to-order model has achieved

superior performance in the pc industry in terms of inventory turnover, reduced overhead, cash

conversion, and return on investment (kraemer, et al., 2000).

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