Company earnings season is a blockbuster event in the world of finance. But it matters for the rest of us, too, so it’s important to understand the basics.
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Linguistic, social, family and cultural backgrounds play a crucial role in shaping students’ experiences.
Risk assessments used by lenders are a boon for the oil and gas industry.
Chartered accounting needs professionals who have gone through some healing from their experiences.
Ethnic minority auditors are less likely to become partners at accounting firms despite being better at their jobs than their white counterparts.
The NRA’s new leaders have to make important decisions as they confront a shaky financial future.
Most Ghanaian footballers have poor levels of financial literacy and financial behaviour.
Accountants spurred Al Capone’s downfall and the Watergate scandal was revealed when reporters ‘followed the money.’ Will they also bring down Donald Trump?
An accounting expert points out that income Americans previously thought was invisible to the IRS will now be tallied up and reported by Venmo and similar apps.
The National Rifle Association is spending heavily on legal fees and slashing programs for its members.
Smart, capable students struggled to navigate cultural and language norms in university accounting classrooms.
The founder of the now-defunct exchange for trading cryptocurrencies believed in ‘earning to give.’
We cannot leave reporting to the accounting profession and their assumptions about who and what is important. Recent proposals by the Canadian accounting profession should concern us all.
Giving away stock that has soared and that the donor has owned for at least a year makes the biggest dent in what share the IRS takes.
Environmental management accounting can be used to identify, analyse, manage and reduce environmental costs.
Financial accounts don’t currently factor in environmental problems.
To achieve environmental sustainability, we need strong corporate standards that are quantifiably enforced, accountants trained to accurately measure sustainability — and we must all play a role.
In the face of technological threats, it may be tempting to turn finance professionals into data scientists. This isn’t the way forward. Instead, they need to find new uses for their expertise.
Big Four firms were hit with £16.5 million in fines for audit failings in 2019 alone.
It is only with comparable data that scientists can assess whether the measures they implement are effective in protecting citizens, and better prepare for future health crises.
Top contributors
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Emeritus Professor of Accounting, University of Essex, University of Essex
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Professor of Accounting, The Ohio State University
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Senior Lecturer in Financial Accounting, University of South Africa
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Visiting Professor at the Business School, University of the Witwatersrand
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Assistant Professor, Sprott School of Business, Carleton University
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University of South Australia
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Lecturer in Accounting, RMIT University
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Professor, University of Sydney Business School, University of Sydney
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Professor of Management and Deputy Vice-Chancellor, University of Bradford
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Associate Professor of Accounting, University of the Pacific
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Director of Online Programs, AGSM, UNSW Sydney
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Honorary Professor, Fenner School of Environment and Society, ANU College of Science, Australian National University
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Associate Professor in Organization Studies, University of Technology Sydney
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Lecturer in Accounting, CQUniversity Australia
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Lecturer in Accounting, Edinburgh Napier University
