aero bnamics manufactures airplane parts and engines for a variety of military and civilian aircraft. the company is the sole provider of rocket engines for the U.S. military that is sells for full cost plus 5% markup
Aerodynamics current cost system is a direct labor-hour-based overhead allocation system. Recently,the company conducted a pilot study on the feasibility of using an activity system. the study shows that the new ABS system, while more accurate and timely, will result in the assignment of lower costs to the rocket engines and higher costs to the company's other products. apparently, the current direct labor-based costing system overcosts the rocket engines and underxosts the other products. on hearing of this, top management has decided to scrap the plans to adopt the ABC system because is rocket engine business with the military is significant and the reduced cost would lower the price and, the profit for this part of aerodynamics business
required: as the management accountant participating in this ABC pilot study project, what is your responsibility when you learn that top management has decided tot cancel the plans for the ABC systrn? can you ignore your professional ethics code in this case? what would you do?