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Category: Big 4
If it happens at a Big 4 accounting firm, we’re talking about it here.
If EY Treats a Partner Who Reports Sexual Misconduct Like This, What Hope Do Other Employees Have?
Update in the 18th paragraph includes an additional statement from Ernst & Young. One of […]
Judge Tosses Accountant’s Suit Claiming Bar Discriminated Against Him for Wearing MAGA Hat
Not a miter. Not even close. Last year we shared the story of Greg Piatek, […]
A Massive Scandal, the Likes of Which the Accounting Profession Had Never Seen, Got KPMG to Consider Outside Directors
In an effusive, buzzy word salad published in Accounting Today, KPMG Chairman and CEO Lynne […]
KPMG South Africa Calls in Reinforcements, Is Dumpster Fire
Uh oh: KPMG LLP’s South African unit is flying in trouble shooters from around the […]
KPMG Master’s Degree Program Admits 135 into Indentured Service in 2018
As a Big 4 alumna, when I saw the KPMG master’s degree program, I immediately […]
PwC Faces Damages That Range From ‘Bad’ to ‘Worse’ But Probably Far Short of ‘Catastrophic’ for Colonial Bank Failure
Francine McKenna reports on MarketWatch that the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. stands to collect a […]
Rest Assured, Seekers of Illicit Love, Ernst & Young Has Your Back
Back in 2015, the popular adulterer website Ashley Madison made news when hackers leaked the […]
On Chivalry and Emotional Restraint in Public Accounting
When I started in public accounting we did a Skittle icebreaker on the first day […]
Exposure Drafts: The One Way Accounting Firms Are Succeeding at Diversity
Exposure Drafts appears every other Wednesday. Send your accounting cartoon ideas and diversity quotas to […]
Thanks to Millennials, PwC Now Knows Their People Want Lives Outside of Work, Have the Feels
The history of PricewaterhouseCoopers goes back to 1849 when Samuel Lowell Price set up business […]
Beware of Public Accounting’s ‘Voluntold’ Assignments
Employment-at-will. It’s a lovely sentiment; if you don’t like it, quit. Easy. But, all jobs […]