Question
A company is preparing to roll out a training course on advanced accounting skills. The company has asked a contract instructor to facilitate the course. The instructor has no background in accounting. Which of the following should the instructor do?
- A. Ask to team teach the course with an expert
- B. Accept the offer contingent upon six weeks of preparation time
- C. Decline the offer based on lack of knowledge of accounting principles Correct
- D. Accept the offer and learn the content by observing accounting experts
Explanation
Instructor credibility depends on subject matter competence, and an advanced course requires an instructor who can answer in-depth questions accurately. With no accounting background, the ethical choice is to decline the assignment rather than risk delivering inaccurate content. Team teaching, extra preparation time or observing experts would not give the instructor the expertise an advanced course demands.
