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How firms can create inclusive workplaces to retain LGBTQ+ accountants

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The accounting industry is seeing significant attrition among LGBTQ+ professionals Research commissioned by the Institute of Management Accountants (IMA), the California Society of CPAs (CalCPA), and the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC) revealed a surprising number of LGBTQ+ accountants are leaving their profession.

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Friday Footnotes: Accounting AI Explodes; SOX Compliance Sux; KPMG Gets on a List | 6.17.22

Going Concern

FRC chair promises new boardroom audit rules for UK companies [ Financial Times ] The UK accounting regulator’s new chair has warned that the government’s decision to drop extra oversight rules for company boards to tackle audit failure was a “missed opportunity”.

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Pulling Back The Curtain On Corporate Finance Reports

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While transparency can emerge in many forms, CFO.com cited a 2005 report from the University of California, Berkeley’s Haas School of Business that found a link between higher corporate performance and transparent reporting. ’s 9,000 publicly listed companies spiked in 2018 after consistent declines since 2006. . In the U.K.,

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