Overview
For thousands of years, those who controlled and monitoredsociety's finances-accountants-were often the most powerful,respected, and influential members of the community. From thecollectors at communal granaries in the ancient Middle East to thescribes who monitored Queen Victoria's Exchequer, the accountant'srole has been to preserve the integrity of financial systems.
In the United States, twentieth-century accountants played a vitalrole 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, andinventing the concept of the gross national product.
Yet by 2003, the reputation of the public accountant was intatters. How did the accounting profession in America squander itslegacy of public service? What happened to the accountants thatpresidents, senators, and captains of industry turned to foradvice? Why did auditors stop looking for fraud? How did this oncerevered profession find itself in this unlikely and humiliatingstate?
In the United States, twentieth-century accountants played a vitalrole 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, andinventing the concept of the gross national product.
Yet by 2003, the reputation of the public accountant was intatters. How did the accounting profession in America squander itslegacy of public service? What happened to the accountants thatpresidents, senators, and captains of industry turned to foradvice? Why did auditors stop looking for fraud? How did this oncerevered profession find itself in this unlikely and humiliatingstate?
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