Developments in accounting methodology during the 1960s are contrasted with concurrent developments in philosophy of science. The 1960s was a decade characterized by the widespread adoption of “the scientific method” in accounting methodology....
Shakers -- Kentucky -- Pleasant Hill;Account books -- History
A desire to be self-sustaining and a dedication to communal property required the Shakers to place great importance on accounting. This importance was underscored by the fact that the spiritual covenants of the Shakers were revised to require...
Dissertations abstracted are: An Investigation of the Wealth Impacts of the 1933 and 1934 Securities Acts' Financial Disclosure Requirements by Chee Woo Chow;The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977: An Inquiry into the "Accounting Provisions" of...
Quakers -- Massachusetts -- West Falmouth;Church finance -- Accounting;Account books -- History
The village of West Falmouth, Massachusetts was settled in the 1660s by William Gifford and other Quakers who came there to avoid persecution. They lived relatively isolated from other settlers in the region. The accounting records of Prince...
Auditing -- Standards -- United States;Fraud;Financial statements -- United States;
Statement on Auditing Standards (SAS) No. 1, Codification of Auditing Standards and Procedures (AICPA, Professional Standards, vol. 1, AU sec. 110.02, "Responsibilities and Functions of the Independent Auditor"), states, "The auditor has a...
Silver, James W. (James Wesley), 1907-1988; Mississippi -- Race relations; Arkansas Gazette
Column criticizing James Silver's beliefs and his activities traveling in support of his book, Mississippi: The Closed Society, as well as the Arkansas Gazette's presumably supportive coverage of the controversy surrounding Silver
Public schools -- Mississippi; Textbooks -- Mississippi
Article describing how the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation wants to screen textbooks used in schools to make sure they do not promote "communistic and atheistic beliefs"
