{"product_id":"unaccountable-how-the-accounting-profession-forfeited-a-public-trust-9780471423621","title":"Unaccountable: How the Accounting Profession Forfeited a Public Trust","description":"For thousands of years, those who controlled and monitored society's finances-accountants-were often the most powerful, respected, and influential members of the community. From the collectors at communal granaries in the ancient Middle East to the scribes who monitored Queen Victoria's Exchequer, the accountant's role has been to preserve the integrity of financial systems.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In the United States, twentieth-century accountants played a vital role in shaping the transparency of U.S. capital markets, counseling the Allies on financial matters in both world wars, advising Congress on the creation of the federal income tax, and inventing the concept of the gross national product.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Yet by 2003, the reputation of the public accountant was in tatters. How did the accounting profession in America squander its legacy of public service? What happened to the accountants that presidents, senators, and captains of industry turned to for advice? Why did auditors stop looking for fraud? How did this once revered profession find itself in this unlikely and humiliating state?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e John Wiley \u0026amp; Sons\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/21\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780471423621\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.08h x 6.32w x 1.14d","brand":"Mike Brewster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38213471895733,"sku":"9780471423621","price":28.01,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_00c2c395-b04d-4da5-990c-83d3d9b48345.jpg?v=1610441132","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/unaccountable-how-the-accounting-profession-forfeited-a-public-trust-9780471423621","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}