Shortly before the beginning of the Great Depression, certified public accountants were struggling for both an acceptable definition of their role as well as professional recognition. This paper describes the environment in which CPAs worked as...
Werner Sombart, a political economist of some note, was born and died in Germany. He studied law, economics, history and philosophy at the Universities of Berlin, Rome, and Pisa, and eventually became professor of economics in Berlin. The so-called...
Accounting -- Study and teaching;Accounting -- History
A feature of the history of accounting thought is the existence of contending theories of accounts in continental Europe. Four schools of accounting thought developed and are here briefly examined.
Corporation reports -- Study and teaching;Financial statements -- Study and teaching;Accounting -- Study and teaching
In this article, it is suggested that accounting education may be enhanced by the use of published historical accounting materials, such as annual reports. Comparing such materials with modern reports serves to reinforce the notion that accounting...
Accountants -- Professional ethics -- Standards -- United States;American Institute of Certified Public Accountants -- By-laws
his volume, which is a reprint of the Ethics and Bylaws sections of volume 2, the looseleaf edition of AICPA Professional Standards, contains Concepts of Professional Ethics, Rules of Conduct, Interpretations of Rules of Conduct, Ethics Rulings,...
Books reviewed are: Dale L. Flesher, The Institute of Internal Auditors: 50 Years of Progress Through Sharing Reviewed by Frank E. Ryerson III; O. Finley Graves, ed., The Costing Heritage: Studies in Honor of S. Paul Garner Reviewed by Jack Ruhl;...
Bureau for Placements;Accounting as a profession -- History;Accounting -- Study and teaching
The Bureau for Placements sought to encourage qualified college graduates to choose public accounting as a career, to place them with public accounting firms, and to remove the problem of seasonal employment. During its six years of operations, the...
