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.locution 1 • j ATI PH f i l l • la Pi ] "pTlA^P L4»JL •Aw 0^ At a tense crisis point in a novel published a tew years ago, one ot the leading tigures in a bitter proxy tight asks a colleague: 'Now, what are we going to do with this paragraph summing up the tacts of their fiscal policy? As it stands, it sounds like something put out by Haskins & Sells. We're writing for the public now, we've got to put it into English'.' The author of the novel, the widely known and respected John Brooks, specializes in writing about business subjects. He has assured H&S Reports that he used our Firm's name merely as a symbol for the profession of public accounting. He did not mean to single out our written statements as being less clear, or more obscure, than those of other CPA firms. So, in a way, we should feel honored that Mr. Brooks chose to mention H&S on page 171 of The Man Who Broke Things. And he spelled our name right. ^ Our words speak for us mm J mm % 1 T v* /H A*yirtf Q VI/i T W i JL W V X M ^ ^X^J^ \\\£m± f\fm^Y^fH%v^i^kf^^r'k^s!y0\k 12 The point John Brooks was making in this sideswipe is one with which many leaders in the public accounting profession thoroughly agree: CPAs should be able to communicate effectively in writing and too often they do not write clearly and with grace. editorial in the November 1969 issue of the Journal of Accountancy discussed this matter at length, under the heading: The CPA and the Second 'FT It quoted a recent survey of leaders in the profession revealing that of fifty-three subjects that the leaders thought the beginning CPA should know, they assigned undisputed first place to written and oral English."The men who conducted the survey the authors of Horizons for a Profession, declared that, To the CPA the ability to express himself is more than the hallmark of an educated man, it is a professional necessity'.' The Journal editorial went on to point out that in other professions, medicine and law among them, many
Object Description
Title |
Our words speak for us |
Author |
Anonymous |
Subject |
Business writing |
Personal Name |
McKenzie, Lou |
Office/Department |
Haskins & Sells. Detroit Office |
Citation |
H&S Reports, Vol. 09, (1972 summer), p. 12-15 |
Date-Issued | 1972 |
Source | Originally published by: Haskins & Sells |
Rights | Copyright and permission to republish held by: Deloitte |
Type | Text |
Format | PDF page image with corrected OCR scanned at 400 dpi |
Collection | Deloitte Digital Collection |
Digital Publisher | University of Mississippi Library. Accounting Collection |
Date-Digitally Created | 2010 |
Language | eng |
Identifier | HSReports_1972_Summer-p12-15 |