Home Op/ed: KPMG scandal damages reputation of the accounting profession
 

Keywords :   


Op/ed: KPMG scandal damages reputation of the accounting profession

2013-05-03 15:40:19| Footwear - Topix.net

What possesses an audit partner to trade on inside information and violate the accounting profession's most sacred ethical standard of audit independence? Is it carelessness, greed or ethical blindness? In the case of Scott London, the former partner in charge of KPMG's Southern California regional audit practice, it was likely a bit of each that ... (more)

Tags: accounting reputation damages profession

Category:Consumer Goods and Services

Latest from this category

All news

17.05Union forming stalled in US Mercedes-Benz
17.05Johnson & Johnson Acquires Atopic Dermatitis Treatment Biotech Company
17.05Register For Sustainable Cosmetics Summit
17.05Fewer crackers in Ritz boxes but price remains same
17.05Boeing boss's $33m pay package approved
17.05Urban Decay Renews Sponsorship Agreement with the Los Angeles Sparks
17.05Bank of England plans expansion of Leeds base
17.05Bank of England plans expansion of Leeds base
Consumer Goods and Services »
18.05Atlantic Tropical Weather Outlook
18.05Eastern North Pacific Tropical Weather Outlook
18.05Atlantic Tropical Weather Outlook
17.05House Republicans release farm bill draft
17.05House Republicans release farm bill draft
17.05Union forming stalled in US Mercedes-Benz
17.05Johnson & Johnson Acquires Atopic Dermatitis Treatment Biotech Company
17.05Register For Sustainable Cosmetics Summit
More »