Unaccountable Accounting: Games Accountants Play
Author: Abraham J. Briloff
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ISBN: 0060104716
Publisher: HarperCollins (January, 1972)
Sales Rank: 381,909
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Probably As Pertinent As Ever
I remember this interesting book from the 1970s. It begins with a corporate president interviewing three auditing firm representatives. The president asks, "How much is two plus two?"#1 replies, "It's four."
#2 replies, "It ranges from three to five."
#3 replies, "What do you want it to be?"
Just guess who got the engagement. Given the recent fiasco at Enron, and the stuff that's starting to emerge over Arthur Andersen's ebola-virus-meltdown of an audit at Enron, "Unaccountable Accounting" might offer information that is as pertinent as ever in the book-cooking world of big business.
P.S. It's a good thing Andersen is a partnership, and not a publicly-held company. That way, there won't be a whole lot of damage to the public when the firm gets sued into oblivion over this Enron mess.
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