This paper provides an analysis of “elite” accounting practitioners during the formative years of the Canadian accounting profession (1880-1930). The social characteristics of this group in comparison with the Canadian population and the links...
Anecdotes -- Accounting;Accounting -- History -- Bibliography
Subtitles are: Book Mart; Contact Notes; Historical Antecedents; Historical Potpourri; History in Print; Out of the Past; Research Notes; Research Resources; Through the Ages
Scott, DR (1887-1954). Cultural Significance of Accounts;Accounting -- Research
Cushing's [1989] recent analysis of Kuhn's [1970] characterization of the state of crisis within a discipline's research agenda suggests that the accounting discipline is showing symptoms of such a crisis. In this paper, DR Scott's [1931] classical...
Income accounting -- History;Financial statements -- History
The origin of income smoothing in literature has been attributed to different authors in recent years. However, the attributions have been made based on research using a simple analysis of the term "income smoothing". This study considers the...
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...
Mississippi -- Race relations; Mississippi -- Social life and customs; Silver, James W. (James Wesley), 1907-1988
An interview with James Silver, in which he discusses his perception of the shifting social climate in Mississippi, his reasons for staying in the state, and his admiration for African Americans who live there despite persecution