Accountants -- Professional ethics -- Standards -- United States
The main purpose of this book is to help young accountants and students to understand the existing rules of professional conduct applicable to the accounting profession—why each rule seemed desirable, how it is being interpreted in particular...
East India Company;Financial statements -- England -- History
A recent investigation into the archives of the English East India Company has produced the earliest known classified balance of accounts. Dated May 1, 1782, this statement predates the model balance sheet prescribed by the Companies Act of 1856 by...
The idea of the "modern" business corporation is usually traced to England during the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries. However, many corporate attributes can be found in the Stoic's scientific theory of corpora. This theory permeated...