Fulmar Manufacturing Co. is the manufacturer of miniature models especially of automobiles with historical interest. The company is developing new standard costs. Patrick Webb suggests that the new standards for materials should not include any waste for liquid plastics that spill out of the molds. "After all" he says "we're trying to be a world class company. When we build in waste we tell the workers it's okay to waste some." Sharon Berry another manager disagrees. "If we don't allow for some normal human error" she says "we'll have a mighty unhappy work force. Also I think that these kinds of perfection standards exploit the workers. I certainly wouldn't want to be held up to perfection every day-what could I do but fail?"
The argument continued. Finally the standards were prepared. All standards were prepared according to normal expected performance except that for materials an ideal standard was used. Sharon still maintaining the unfairness of the system refused to hold her workers accountable for materials quantity variances.
Required:
1. Are ideal standards unethical? Explain briefly.
2. Is it unethical for Sharon to refuse to support the standards? Explain.

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The Answer of Fulmar Manufacturing Co. is the manufacturer of miniature models especially of automobiles with historical interest. The company is developing new standard costs. Patrick Webb suggests that the new standards for materials should not include any waste for liquid plastics that spill out of the molds. "After all" he says "we're trying to be a world class company. When we build in waste we tell the workers it's okay to waste some." Sharon Berry another manager disagrees. "If we don't allow for some normal human error" she says "we'll have a mighty unhappy work force. Also I think that these kinds of perfection standards exploit the workers. I certainly wouldn't want to be held up to perfection every day-what could I do but fail?"
The argument continued. Finally the standards were prepared. All standards were prepared according to normal expected performance except that for materials an ideal standard was used. Sharon still maintaining the unfairness of the system refused to hold her workers accountable for materials quantity variances.
Required:
1. Are ideal standards unethical? Explain briefly.
2. Is it unethical for Sharon to refuse to support the standards? Explain.