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The Rough Guide to London is the definitive insiderÂ's handbook to one of EuropeÂ's most exciting cities. A full-colour section introduces many of LondonÂ's highlights with expert coverage of all the sights, from Buckingham Palace and the Houses of Parliament to lively Covent Garden and the attractions of the South Bank. The guide includes comprehensive accounts of the cityÂ's neighbourhoods from swanky Kensington and Chelsea to trendy Clerkenwell and Hoxton. There are up-to-date reviews of many of the capitalÂ's hotels and restaurants, plus detailed coverage of LondonÂ's shops, pubs and clubs to suit all budgets.

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Rough Guide: London........2007-01-05

This book gives ou a nice overview of the region, and incredible specific tips for visiting London.

good detail.......2006-07-21

I tend to like the rough guides, they go into much detail on the sites. An alternative is an audio guide. soundwalks(i think more for NYC) and www.talkingtrip.com are also great for london guides.

The rough guides I think are one of the better alround books.

The Rough Guides London Directions - Edition 2 (Rough Guide Directions)

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Fantastic!!!!!!!
Excellent and thorough travel guide
Very thorough and comprehensive but also very long.
ridicuolously slanted polemic against parts of london
A very readable in-depth guide.

The Rough Guides London Directions - Edition 2 (Rough Guide Directions)
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ASIN: 1843537583

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As a 10-year London veteran, London: The Rough Guide author Rob Humphreys offers the ultimate insider's view into how to get under the skin of the city he calls home. In addition to the detail-heavy "basics" like getting there, visas, money, and phones, this guide's specialty areas offer something for everyone including lesbian and gay London; classical music, opera, and dance; theater, cabaret, and cinema; galleries; shops and markets; sport; festivals and special events; kids' London; and an essential directory listing everything from lost luggage contact numbers to dentists.

Museums are delved into, often with room-by-room coverage, so you can pick your "must-sees" and better plan your visit. Italicized margin notes offer useful information including the nearest tube (subway) or train stations, where to get tickets, opening hours, and other helpful tidbits like "the river walk may not be accessible during very high tides." London's food has come a long way from shepherd's pie, and a restaurant directory boasts everything from Tex-Mex to a vegetarian's delight: lentil pizza.

To help you put it all into perspective, the back of the book offers an architectural chronology accompanied by main historical events, plus an enticing list of films and books that lend insight into the real London.

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Slim, stylish and pocketable, Rough Guide DIRECTIONS London is full of ideas for week-long breaks or flying visits to one of Europe''s most exciting cities. In full-colour, the guide is packed with inspired suggestions for visitors, from âIndulgent London’ and âMuseums’ to âClub-Bars’ and âRiverside London’. Flip to the practical âPlaces’ section –split into 24 chapters– and explore the city, district by district, from central London to less obvious areas such as Smithfield, Clerkenwell and trendy Hoxton. Every sight, restaurant, bar and shop is located on user-friendly maps. The handy basics section covers everything from arrival and city transport to listings of cinemas and theatre venues.

It''s like having a local friend plan your trip!

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Rough Guides brings you the ultimate handbook to our own backyard. Our writers venture from Rough Guides' Soho headquarters into every part of the city with true insider aplomb. You'll find the latest bars and clubs, the hottest neighborhoods, and the newest trends, as well as a thousand years of colorful history and culture served up with Rough Guides' signature insight and irreverence.

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Fantastic!!!!!!!.......2007-03-14

I pre-ordered this book as I am gearing up for a return trip to London. This is a fantastic book. Very helpful and the maps are clear and concise. I would highly recommend this book to anyone planning a trip to London.

Excellent and thorough travel guide.......2006-05-07

This is definitely one of the best London travel guides available. There is only one reason why I did not give it five stars, that being the lack of detail on the maps. The maps in the Eyewitness London guide are much better (though that guide lacks the kind of detail that the Rough Guide offers in other parts). The organization is outstanding, which is very important given London's enormous size. Other than the maps, everything else is absolutely outstanding.

Very thorough and comprehensive but also very long........2002-12-20

Rough guides, in general, are the BEST. However, I feel that although this book would be extremely useful for someone moving to London or currently living in London who wants to get to know it in EXTREME depth, it is WAY WAY WAY too long (672 pages) for the casual visitor who may be spending just a few days there. It would take you more time to go through the book (even just skimming) than doing the actual sightseeing itself. You are better off getting the RG to England or Britain, both of which have very extensive information on London but information which can be digested on a short visit. The London guide is simply too long for a book on just ONE city - even if that city is London.

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ridicuolously slanted polemic against parts of london.......2002-04-21

The Rough guide to london is the most biased guide book i have ever read. I really don't understand why one would put a political bias in a guide book - but Rob Humphreys seems obsessed with both bashing the Rich and the British Conservative party a as well as gossipping about peoples sex lives. Such things have no place in a guide book. I would suggest you look at the Lonely Planet Guide which is much much better.

A very readable in-depth guide........2000-09-03

I visited London for the first time in March 2000. I selected this guidebook based on favorable experiences with other books from this series. London is a huge, complex city that can overwhelm a first time traveller. This book made it very easy to to find my way around. I don't expect any travel book to be completely accurate in describing accomodations, restaurants and other commercial venues in a fast-changing urban environment. However, I found this one to be right about 98% percent of the time.

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Synopsis "The Mini Rough Guide to London" is the definitive pocket handbook to one of Europe's most dynamic cities. The guide includes a brand-new, 16-page, full-colour section, introducing London's highlights with incisive accounts of all the top sights from the London Eye to St Paul's Cathedral. There are expert reviews of all the best hotels and restaurants, plus expanded coverage of the all the top bars, shops, clubs and music venues. The guide also covers day-trips away from the city, including Greenwich, Hampton Court Palace and historic Windsor Castle. This portable guidebook comes complete with clear, readable maps that have grid references for all the top attractions and recommendations.

The Rough Guide Map to London 2 (Rough Guide Country/Region Map)

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The Rough Guide Map to London 2 (Rough Guide Country/Region Map)
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ASIN: 1843536218

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The 2nd edition Rough Guide Map London combines clear modern mapping and bang-up-to-date research, and is the essential companion to anyone travelling around this vibrant city. The Rough Guide Map pin-points the best the city has to offer, from the London Eye to St Paul''s Cathedral. The useful ''Time Map'' charts the opening days and times of all the city''s sights. The map''s detailed transport information and clear layout will help you make the most of the tubes, buses and taxis which serve the city.

The Rough Guide to London Restaurants - 7th Annual Edition

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I'm taking this to London
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THE GUIDE for people who love food & are visiting London!
A Diamond in the Rough

The Rough Guide to London Restaurants - 7th Annual Edition
Charles Campion
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Insight Guides Eating in London: Restaurants, Bars, Pubs and Cafes (Insight Guides Eating in London)

ASIN: 1843533413

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INTRODUCTION

Welcome to the fourth edition of The Rough Guide to London Restaurants. If you used the first three, you will have noticed that the number of restaurants has stabilized around the 350 mark, but it is surprising how many openings and closures there have been within the space of a year. This edition has been extensively revised and as well as reassessing all the previous entries we have added a wide selection of new establishments. But the way we have organized the book has stayed the same. Anyone who has lived or worked in London knows that, while it may seem like one big metropolis to the outsider, it is really a series of villages. If you live in Clapham, you know about Clapham and Battersea, and maybe Brixton or Chelsea, while Highgate or Shepherd's Bush are far-off lands. And vice versa. Yet almost every other restaurant guide is divided up by cuisine, which assumes that this is your first criterion when choosing a place to eat. It shouldn't be. If you're meeting friends in Chiswick your best options might be Italian or Modern British; in Wembley or Tooting they might be Indian. But you want to know about that oddball great restaurant, too: whether it's an interesting newcomer like Mosaica in Wood Green, or a new gastropub like The Victoria in West Temple Sheen. This book divides London into five geographic sections (Central; City & East; North; South; West) and then breaks these down into the neighbourhoods, with restaurants arranged alphabetically in each section. Keep this guide handy and it will tell you where to eat well from Soho to Southall.

Another important thing to note about the restaurants selected and reviewed in this book is that they are all recommended - none has been included simply to make up the numbers. There are some very cheap places and there are some potentially pretty expensive places, but they all represent good value. The only rule we have made for inclusion is that it must be possible to eat a meal for £35 a head or less. In some of the haute cuisine establishments, that will mean keeping to the set lunch, while in some of the bargain eateries £35 might cover a blow-out for four. This guide reviews restaurants for every possible occasion from quick lunches to celebratory dinners. It also covers many different kinds of food - some fifty cuisines in all. In reality, we cover even more, as for simplicity we have used "Indian" and "Chinese" as catch-all terms.

PRICES AND CREDIT CARDS

Price is one of the most difficult areas for any restaurant guide to master. Every review in this book has at the top of the page a spread of two prices (eg £12-£40). The first figure relates to what you could get away with - this is the minimum amount per person you are likely to spend on a meal here (assuming you are not a non-tipping, non-drinking skinflint). The second relates to what it would cost if you don't hold back. Wild diners with a taste for fine wines will leave our top estimates far behind, but the figures are there as a guide. For most people, the cost of a meal will lie somewhere within the spread.

For a more detailed picture, each review sets out the prices of various dishes. At some time in the guide's life these specific prices (and indeed the overall price spreads) will become out of date, but they were all accurate when the book left for the printer. And even in the giddy world of restaurants, when prices rise or prices fall, everyone tends to move together. If this book shows one restaurant as being twice as expensive as another, that is likely to remain.

The reviews also keep faith with original menu spellings of dishes, so you'll find satays, satehs and satés - all of which will probably taste much the same. Hieroglyphics have been kept to a minimum, so opening hours and days are spelled out, as are the credit cards accepted. Where reviews specify "all major credit cards accepted", that means at least Amex, Diners, MasterCard and Visa. Acceptance of Visa and MasterCard usually means Switch and Delta, too; we've specified the odd exception, but if you're relying on one card it's always best to check when you book.

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I'm taking this to London.......2005-07-31

What a cool book! The restaurants are listed by neighborhood and spotted on a map. So if you're wandering London and find yourself in, say, Soho, you can instantly find the author's dozen favorite restaurants within walking distance, each with a short review and specific dish recommendations. There's also an index by food type, and a color front section listing the author's favorites across the city in a handful of categories. It's not comprehensive, and that's *good*, because you're not overwhelmed with choices. And the author's choices skew toward the moderate and inexpensive (although that's a relative term in London), so it's perfect for the average, casual tourist.

Perfect Addition to a Guide Book.......2003-10-15

I bought this book as a gift for a friend who lives in London. Since he wanted to try some new restaurants we paged through Time Out magazine and consulted this book. We found an absolute hidden treasure of a restaurant. Description and price were accurate. Location breakdown is convenient and information seems to be correct. Note---it does not have every restaraunt but highlights a few in each neighborhood.

Indispensable if you are a foodie.......2003-02-04

This book is a must-have if you want to enjoy the hidden food-treats scattered all over London and beyond. Charles Campion's curry house choices are especially good. And don't get tempted into buying a used version. There appears to be significant turnover in the restaurants in London. So you are better off buying a new one.

THE GUIDE for people who love food & are visiting London!.......2002-05-30

This guide is terrific! It is well organized, by location with detailed maps included, and includes only recommended selections. Every restaurant we tried was accurately reviewed and all had exceptional cuisine. In a city known for bad food we ate Indian, Portugese, Chinese, Polish, seafood & at the oldest restaurant in town, and enjoyed every meal. The single best restaurant guide I have used for any location!

A Diamond in the Rough.......2000-07-20

This guide includes 350 entries with the stated criteria for inclusion being that the restaurant is both recommended as a place to dine and that "it must be possible to eat a meal for 35 pounds a head or less." (We do note no definition as to what precisely represents a meal is given.) As such it includes eateries that range from the inexpensive to the moderately pricey.

Each entry is given one page that includes a price range, e.g. 8-40 pounds, with the lower figure representing the least one can "get away with" (per person), and the higher being the cost "if you don't hold back". Again these definitions are loose, but the price ranges in our experience prove reasonable.

Each eatery is discussed in plain English, no obscure symbols here, as to type of cuisine and ambiance, with numerous sample menu items being given (prices included). The reader is left with a relatively accurate idea of what to expect.

The guide orders restaurants by location, rather than alphabetically or by cuisine, a feature that we prefer but some may find inconvenient. Indices listing all entries by both cuisine and in alphabetical order are included in the back.

We do note that several very renowned places are conspicuously absent here. Whether those eateries are ignored for culinary reasons or otherwise is not discussed.

Do not expect a relative rating of each restaurant, there is none given. We consider this somewhat of a weakness; it would be helpful to know if a place is just recommended or if is considered outstanding. A short list of favorites by cuisine is given, but comparison ends there.

Physically the book is reasonably small and will easily fit into most handbags. Weighing only about ten ounces it is readily toted about.

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WALKS IN LONDON AND SOUTHEAST ENGLAND

Few cities can rival London's distinctive mix of the urban and the pastoral. Despite being the largest city in Western Europe, home to a staggering seven million people, the capital preserves surprisingly extensive stretches of green space. Satellite images of the metropolis reveal that over a third of it is made up of greenery, not only in the city's famous parks and gardens, but also in less obvious places - canalside paths, disused railway tracks and reclaimed industrial land - as well as along the banks of the Thames as it winds through the city. The capital's hidden footpaths are thoroughly enjoyable in themselves, and also offer a fascinating insight into the tightly packed layers of social, architectural and industrial history which went into the making of one of the world's most absorbing cities.

Many parts of southeast England also remain, contrary to what you might expect, almost miraculously unspoilt. Despite the sprawl of suburbs which girdles the city, fast train services make it extremely easy to reach open countryside from just about anywhere in London - indeed, it's surprising just how far from the capital you can get in a single day and still have time for a rewarding walk and a great pub lunch. To the south and west of the capital there's sweeping downland: the lush North Downs, and the barer and more open North Wessex and South Downs. You'll find spectacular stretches of coast - from the towering sandstone cliffs at Hastings to the wavy chalk formations further west - as well as areas of dense ancient woodland, at their most extensive in the New Forest. The Thames cuts a green swathe west of the capital, linking a chain of attractive towns and villages, while to the north are the pristine wooded hills of the Chilterns and the limitless flatlands of the Fens around Ely. The striking variety of landscapes is part of the attraction - from the prettily manicured landscapes of the Kent Weald to the hauntingly bleak chalk uplands of the Wessex downs. As with London itself, the southeast has always been a densely inhabited area, and the impact of human activity on the land, while more diffuse, is no less profound, visible in Iron Age forts, medieval field terraces, and Georgian stately homes. All the landscapes described in this guide, even the bogs of the New Forest and the windswept crests of the South Downs, bear the marks of cultivation, comprising a vast testament to the people who cleared, drained, shaped and even - in the case of the prehistoric chalk figures which dot the region - actually drew upon the land for millennia.

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Able to Travel: The Rough Guide, First Edition (Rough Guides)
Rough Guides
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ASIN: 1858281105

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Imagine exploring Honduras by wheelchair or capturing one's vacation memories in scents instead of photographs; being disabled doesn't mean an end to travel, just a different means of experiencing it. In Rough Guide's Able to Travel, travelers with disabilities describe their journeys through the Americas, the Caribbean, Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. A woman equipped with both an artificial leg and hip visits India; a man in a wheelchair realizes his lifelong ambition to travel in Egypt; a blind woman's experience of Greece is a feast of touch, taste, smell, and sound. The 100-plus accounts collected in this volume are both inspirational and informative. Not every place in the world is accessible, but Able to Travel makes readers aware of how many places are.

In addition to the individual trips chronicled here, the book also includes invaluable information about transportation, accommodations, accessibility issues, and more. There are too few books written for travelers with disabilities; fortunately, Rough Guide's Able to Travel is one of the best.

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LONDON: THE MINI ROUGH GUIDE.
Rob. Humphreys
Manufacturer: Rough Guides
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ASIN: 1858285828

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London: The Rough Guide
Rob Humphreys
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The Mini Rough Guide to London 5 (Rough Guide Mini Guides)
Rob Humphreys
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ASIN: 1843539217
Release Date: 2008-03-03

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T he Mini Rough Guide to London is your essential companion to one of Europe’s most dynamic cities. The full-colour section introduces London’s highlights with incisive accounts of all the top sights from the panoramic views of the London Eye to the historic changing of the guard at Buckingham palace. This revised and updated 5 ^th edition provides in-depth coverage of London’s huge array of must-see locations from the Houses of Parliament to the British Museum. The guide also covers excursions further afield, including Greenwich, Hampton Court Palace and Windsor Castle. Pocket-sized and portable, you’ll find clear, readable maps that have grid references for all the top attractions and recommendations. The listings give you the low-down on the best places to stay, eat, drink, shop, and dance- all you need to know and nothing more. Entertaining, engaging, and opinionated, this guide is unbeatable.

Make the most of your time with The Mini Rough Guide to London

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The Interactive Guide to Foreign Exchange is an easy-to-use learning tool on CD ROM for finance professionals. The reader will learn about the operations in spot forex markets, manage FX positions, value currency options, identify arbitrage opportunities between different markets and be able to understand the forces that shape the FX market. These concepts are reinforced by the use of interactive models, calculators and simulations and consolidated with quizzes after every chapter. This is an easy-to-use guide for those with some experience or knowledge of the financial markets, or simply for those who want to get ahead of the rest. Other titles in this series cover fixed income, options, derivatives, swaps, equities and technical analysis.

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Learn to make the most ethical decisions possible with BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS FOR DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVES, AND ACCOUNTANTS! Providing real-world examples of ethical issues in the workplace, this accounting text gives you insight into the development of sound patterns of behavior on the part of directors, executives, and accountants. Current cases and key readings provide an interesting, challenging, and practical learning experience.

Ethical Obligations and Decision-Making in Accounting: Text and Cases

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Ethical Obligations and Decision-Making in Accounting: Text and Cases
Steven M Mintz , and Roselyn E. Morris
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ASIN: 0073403997

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Ethical Obligations and Decision-Making in Accounting gives students a robust ethical framework that is crucial for accountants in the post-Enron era. Incorporating the principles of the AICPA code and other systems of ethics, Mintz and Morris show accounting students how a commitment to ethics can enable accounting professionals to meet their ethical obligations both to investors and creditors. No other book so comprehensively examines the elements of the financial reporting system - including the ethics of the internal control environment and the effectiveness of board of director and audit committee oversight - that determine the ethical standard of the accounting process.

Accounting Ethics (Fundamentals of Business Ethics)

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Some Good Basic Information, Fair Overall

Accounting Ethics (Fundamentals of Business Ethics)
Ronald F. Duska , and Brenda Shay Duska
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ASIN: 0631216510

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Accounting Ethics uses real-life examples, including the Enron/Arthur Andersen debacle, to examine the ethical responsibilities of individual accountants as well as accounting firms.The book begins by investigating the nature and purpose of accounting and follows with a brief study of the nature and use of ethical principles in determining accountants ' responsibilities. Because accounting is governed by a code of ethics, it examines the ethical imperatives that bind professionals and the specific principles and rules that various accounting codes dictate. Next, the book explores the major types of practices in which accountants engage - auditing, managerial accounting, and tax accounting - and the responsibilities associated with those practices.The book concludes with an investigation into the ethical responsibilities of accounting firms, and the pressures that militate against the fulfilling of those responsibilities.

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Some Good Basic Information, Fair Overall.......2007-01-23

This short text offers some good basic background information on ethics and then goes on to apply this to accounting. The focus is on public accounting and audit in particular, though the discussion also applies to the accounting field in general. However, this text does not go beyond the basics, and anyone who has spent some time thinking about the subject will have confronted most of these issues already. Still a worthwhile sumamry.

Unaccountable Accounting: Games Accountants Play

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Probably As Pertinent As Ever

Unaccountable Accounting: Games Accountants Play
Abraham J. Briloff
Manufacturer: HarperCollins
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0060104716

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Probably As Pertinent As Ever.......2001-12-14

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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Ethics for CPAs: Meeting Expectations in Challenging Times
Dan M. Guy , D. R. Carmichael , and Linda A. Lach
Manufacturer: Wiley
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ASIN: 0471271764

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Current, comprehensive guidelines to ethical regulations for accounting professionals

A handful of high-profile accounting misdeeds at Enron, WorldCom, Adelphia, and the like have left the entire accounting profession scrambling to assert its validity and negotiate a flurry of new regulations. Ethics for CPAs provides a valuable road map to this new landscape, instructing accounting professionals on how to abide by the new pronouncements and, if necessary, how to professionally respond to an investigation.

Employing an information-mapping format, Ethics for CPAs separates information into small units based on purpose or function for the reader, rather than by topic, creating an accessible desk reference. This authoritative guide covers the most recent and extensively revised ethics requirements of the:

AICPA's Code of Professional Conduct
SEC
Department of Labor
GAO's Yellow Book
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Written for professional and aspiring accountants, this book addresses the specific ethical issues that accountants are often obliged to resolve in the context of their work. The authors, an accountant and an ethicist, take a case-based, pragmatic approach to the subject, examining "real life" dilemmas often faced in the practice of accountancy. Each chapter investigates a specific issue, such as whistle-blowing or the implications of independence, and includes several case studies that put the theoretical analysis into practical perspective. Throughout, Cottell and Perlin seek to go beyond the codes of professional behavior to confront the subtle personal, corporate, and governmental pressures that make ethical decision making difficult. In an era in which accountants have been tried publicly for aiding in corporate fraud, Accounting Ethics provides a careful and welcome exploration of the moral issues faced almost daily by professionals in the field. Following an introductory chapter that raises fundamental questions about accountability, the authors analyze and interpret the three different systems from which ethical considerations are born--deontologism, utilitarianism, and ethical realism. Subsequent chapters examine particular types of conflicts. Among the topics that receive extended treatment are moral conflicts within the firm, the issue of independence, whistle-blowing as an option, legal requirements and ethical duties, difficulties in relationships among professionals, questions of sexual difference and discrimination, and accounting's responsibility to society. Specialized jargon is kept to a minimum, making this an excellent resource for anyone practicing or considering a career in the accounting profession.

Accounting Ethics: Critical perspectives On Business And Management (Critical Perspectives on Business & Management)

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Accounting Ethics: Critical perspectives On Business And Management (Critical Perspectives on Business & Management)

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The ruination of investors in Enron, WorldCom, Waste Management, Aldelphia, Tyco and scores of other business concerns has raised questions about the adequacy and relevance of academic research into accounting ethics, as well as the ethical nature of professional parties.

This research collection includes important papers from key journals and books that reassess theories, research studies, and professional practices in the field of accounting ethics. In addition to examining the current crisis in the creditability of financial reports, many of the papers here work toward developing a body of knowledge that will protect the investing public in the future.

Business & Professional Ethics for Accountants Update

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Business & Professional Ethics for Accountants Update
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Business and Accounting Ethics in Islam (Islamic Futures and Policy Studies)

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Business and Accounting Ethics in Islam (Islamic Futures and Policy Studies)
Trevor Gambling , and Rifaat Ahmed Abdel Karim
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