The primary case scenario instructed the study participants to portray a senior accountant that recently had been assigned to a new client. 11 The participants were told they were replacing another senior that had served the client for several years but who had been assigned other responsibilities. During the audit, the participants were unalbe to verify the ecistence and valuation of $2,500,000 of assets. After proposing an adjustment to write-off the assets in question, the client's CFO strongly disagreed with the auditor's position and threatened to change auditors.