Effective Writing 10th Edition by Claire May,Gordon May

Exercise 3

You are a new employee at Southwest Parts Distributors, Inc. As a specialist in accounting information systems, one of your responsibilities is to recommend adequate controls to ensure the safety of Southwest's data, including the data it keeps on suppliers and customers. You recently recommended that the company adopt a new set of control procedures. However, Southwest's regional manager, Bill Tomlinson, has expressed impatience with your recommendations. He views the new procedures as "unnecessary red tape."
Write a memo to Mr. Tomlinson that explains the advantages of strong controls to protect the company's data.