An instruction reconstructed after a dispute
A fictional tenancy transaction produces a dispute about whether a client consented to a particular change. The file contains a draft message and an unsigned form but no evidence that the client approved the final wording. A supervisor asks the salesperson to add a signature image from a different document and record an earlier approval date. The supervisor says that the client probably would have agreed and that a complete file will avoid complaints. Original messages remain available and the client can still be contacted through the authorized process. Students must distinguish a real correction from fabrication, preserve uncertainty in the record and propose a way to establish actual instructions without manufacturing past consent or asserting that likely agreement is equivalent to an existing authorization.
1. Why is the proposed reconstruction improper?
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A signature from another document and an invented approval date would misrepresent the actual evidence. Probable agreement does not establish genuine prior consent.
2. What is the appropriate next step?
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Preserve the original record, disclose the unresolved instruction through the proper process and seek genuine clarification. Any correction should remain accurate, dated and auditable.