The Structural Origins of Conflicts of Interest in the Accounting Profession
This paper describes the professional ethical context behind the failure of Arthur Andersen’s audit of Enron. It is argued that the evolution of extreme industrial concentration in the accounting profession, and the subsequent unrestrained diversification of the “Big Five” accounting firms were the...
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2004
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Business ethics quarterly
Year: 2004, Volume: 14, Issue: 3, Pages: 377-398 |
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