Ethical dilemmas are not always of our making. Carol, a licensed CPA, finds herself in the middle of a scheme concocted by two employees of her firm to defraud the U.S. government. Carol must negotiate both a legal and ethical tightrope. Her choice to do the ethically correct thing could lead to her dismissal or other retaliation by her boss. The case could be used in the following undergraduate or graduate courses: accounting, business law, business ethics, human resources.