Corporate governance

Three international standard-setting boards for auditing, accounting ethics and accounting education issued a new publication Monday in the hopes of making accountants and auditors more skeptical of management assertions.

The United Nations Academic Impact and MLOW provide an example to follow.

Just as no ship would sail without navigational tools, no successful professional services firm would attempt to grow their business without a solid sales and marketing strategy.

The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants has released a new survey raising questions about how accountants and businesses around the world are dealing with ethical challenges prompted by various technology trends.

The key to today's rapidly changing accounting environment is doing something utterly and radically different.

Every business owner knows that a social media strategy is necessary to remain relevant in today’s digital world. However, not everyone knows how to effectively use social media to listen to your clients and manage your firm’s reputation.

The Sustainability Accounting Standards Board has released its 2017 Technical Agenda, listing the priorities and research areas that SASB plans to pursues this year.

Baker Newman Noyes aims for immersion with its 'Three-Day Experience' pre-internship program.

The American Institute of CPAs has issued a new guide to help accountants provide assurance on their corporate clients’ environmental information.

Without these four, a firm is likely to squander opportunities to gain new clients, impede its client retention efforts, and diminish its brand authority.

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act was signed into law on July 30, 2002 and has led to vast changes in the accounting profession, although not necessarily in corporate ethics.

The Institute of Management Accountants has appointed Alex C. Eng, vice president of U.S. corporate finance at EDF Renewable Energy in San Diego, as the new chair of its global board of directors for fiscal year 2017-2018.

Many firms don't have a living, breathing strategic plan that enables them to successfully navigate through their next two or three years.

Business travelers can set up a Lyft business account to have receipts sent directly to their expense management solution.

PricewaterhouseCoopers has recruited two prestigious outside board members in what appears to be a first for a Big Four firm: former Commerce Secretary and Kellogg CEO Carlos Gutierrez, and former U.S. Navy Admiral Carol Pottenger.

The Institute of Management Accountants has updated its Statement of Ethical Professional Practice to guide the conduct expected of IMA members.

Automation and other advances are making handling T&E less of a pain.

Marketing an accounting firm to prospective clients can be a challenge.

At the 2017 AAM Summit, experts made it clear that new ways of developing business will be critical for today's accounting firms.