Question: The assistant night manager of a mid-size motor hotel has a number of duties, one of which is to assist in preparing the income statement each month. A new nearby competitive motor hotel is due to open in about six weeks. The assistant night manager has applied for the assistant day manager's position at the new hotel. Its owner told him that he has the job if he provides the owner with income statements of the motor hotel for which he has worked for the past three years. Discuss the ethics of this situation.