Final Accounting
图书信息
书名：Final Accounting作者：Barbara Ley Toffler,巴巴拉·雷·托夫勒,Jennifer Reingold,珍妮弗·莱因戈尔德
包装：Paperback
页数：288页
出版社：Penguin Random House US
出版时间：2004-4-13
图书简介
TheauthorofFinalAccounting,BarbaraLeyToffler,wasaformerpartneratAndersenandinchargeofthefirm'sEthics&ResponsibleBusinessPracticesconsultingservices.DrawingonherexpertiseasasocialscientistandherexperienceasanAnderseninsider,Tofflerdeliversadetailedandchillingreportonthedeclineofvaluesthatledtothefirm'sdownfall.Tofflerrevealshowacultureofgreedandarroganceslowlyinfectedthecompanyandledtoenormouslapsesinjudgmentamongherpeers.ShealsouncoversthepeculiarprocessofemployeeindoctrinationintotheAndersencultureandhowitledtothedevelopmentofan“Android“mentalitywherekeepingtheclienthappywastheall-importantgoal,evenifitmeantbillingmorehoursthannecessary.TheauthoralsotracestherootsofAndersen'sethicalmisstepsandshowshowthegradualdecayofaonce-proudculturelednotonlytotheEnrondebaclebutalsotootherfinancialscandalsofthefirm'sclients.Tofflerprovidesinsightintothepersonalitiesandprinciplesbehindoneofthegreatestshake-upsinUnitedStateshistory,deliveringapowerfulmessagewithimportantramificationsforCEOsandindividualinvestorsalike.
推荐理由
FinalAccountingisamust-readforanyoneinterestedinbusiness,accounting,orcorporateethics.Thebookprovidesauniqueanddetailedinsightintothedownfallofaonce-respectedaccountingfirmandtheculturethatledtoitsdemise.Toffler'sextensiveexperienceatAndersenandherexpertiseasasocialscientistmakehertheperfectpersontodeliverthischillingreport.Thebookisawake-upcallforCEOsandinvestorsalike,showingthatlapsesinethicsandgreedcanhavefar-reachingconsequences.Assuch,FinalAccountingisanimportantreadforanyoneinterestedinthestateofcorporateethicstoday.