Ethics and the CPA: Building Trust and Value-Added Services

"A society without truth—and the related quality of trust—willnot long endure." —from the Preface

Ethics in corporate America has become a bottom-line issue.Scandals such as the junk bond debacle in the late '80s and therecent bankruptcy of Orange County, California, graphicallyillustrate just how devastating losses from corrupt businesspractices can be. Closing the rift between a company's public andprivate face, its avowed as opposed to actual behavior, is now morethan ever the concern o...