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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779993703321

Autore

Clikeman Paul M. <1960-, >

Titolo

Called to account : financial frauds that shaped the accounting profession / / Paul M. Clikeman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

0-415-63025-8

1-136-22489-0

0-203-09794-7

1-136-22490-4

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (383 p.)

Disciplina

364.16/30973

Soggetti

Accounting fraud - United States

Corporations - Corrupt practices - United States - Accounting

Accounting - Standards - United States

Fraud

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Birth of a profession -- pt. 2. The profession's principle problem -- pt. 3. The savings & loan crisis -- pt. 4. The expectation gap -- pt. 5. The litigation crisis -- pt. 6. Beginning of the end -- pt. 7. From profession to regulated industry -- pt. 8. The world is flat.