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4. Believing that your grandparents will not be able to appreciate the need for a more sophisticated response, explain that you will have to leave the sales position if they take any strong measures against the sales personnel. Ask them to simply say that they have become aware of the practice and that it must end immediately.

You will certainly be identified as the whistle blower, and your relationship to top management is likely to come out. The mild solution to the padding, which does not deal with root causes, will demotivate the sales personnel and possibly lessen sales performance. You will certainly find your position very difficult in the sales team and will have to find another placement. It must also be considered that your previously unannounced connection with the firm's owners represents a form of hidden supervision of sales personnel, and this may also be considered unethical on your part.

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