It is interesting how “things” happen. While I was preparing for my Management class, where we discuss ethics, diversity, etc., I read a request on HARO about ethics in accounting firms. I responded to the request with a few of my comments and many of them were published in this short post on SocialYell.

The world of accounting has changed dramatically since the days of Enron and Arthur Andersen. Executives and accountants are being held to a higher level of accountability. This is a good thing. Many of the changes to the profession due to SOX make servicing clients a hassle. Yet, fraud will continue to take place no matter what kind of regulations are put in place. Unfortunately, it’s the nature of human beings. Some people lack strong ethics and/or morals and a few of these folks are top executives. However, most people have good ethics and morals.

So the question, can we trust accountants or Wall Street is a tricky one. What are your thoughts? Do you agree with the post at SocialYell?