At the time, the exchange also expressed concerns about internal control issues related to Bodisen's accounting and financial reporting obligations.

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Grill the chief accounting officer about core accounting policies and financial reporting systems.

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It was well reported that PwC was instrumental in helping Refco to address these financial reporting and accounting deficiencies.

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The Commission has been repeatedly criticized by the Government Accountability Office for material weaknesses in its financial reporting and accounting processes, an extraordinary embarrassment for the agency responsible for evaluating the financial statements of all companies whose shares are sold to the public.

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The prospects and desirability of convergence between U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) have been much debated, but the SEC has not yet decided whether and how to proceed.

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Whistleblowers are reporting that accounting and disclosure fraud is still occurring and probably happening more than any other financial crime.

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Arthur Fellow in the Accounting and Management unit at Harvard Business School, where he studies the political economy of corporate accountability and financial reporting.

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