Detail NABA: Forty Years of Growth   Oleh:  Flesher, Dale L. ; Gabre, Helen G. Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine Dalam koleksi: Journal of Accountancy vol. 208 no. 6 (Dec. 2009), page 56. Topik: National Association of Black Accountants (NABA); Accountants; CPAs Ketersediaan Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: JJ85.28 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada     Lihat Detail Induk Isi artikel From seeds sown 40 years ago this month in a gathering of accountants in the living room of CPA Frank Ross, the National Association of Black Accountants (NABA) has grown to more than 50 professional and 150 student chapters nationwide. To succeed, it has had to reach consensus on its goals and identity internally and within the larger accounting profession. One precursor to that initial meeting of what would become NABA was the effort by one of the nation’s relatively few practicing black CPAs, Bert N. Mitchell, to quantify and call attention to the dearth of African-American accountants and CPAs, particularly within white-owned firms. He revealed his findings in a 1969 Journal of Accountancy article (“The Black Minority in the CPA Profession,” Oct. 69, page 41). Mitchell surveyed 104 firms and the 136 African-American CPAs he was able to identify. Representatives at the 52 firms that replied said that out of the 27,481 professionals those firms employed, only 404 were from minority groups, including 108 blacks. Black representation at the partner level in these firms was “virtually nonexistent.” Mitchell said many firms recognized the need for more inclusive hiring and were taking remedial steps, but a greater commitment was needed to make training and employment opportunities available to minorities. He noted favorably steps by the AICPA’s new biracial Committee on Recruitment from Minority Groups, later renamed the Minority Initiatives Committee (see sidebar, “Minority Initiatives Committee Celebrates Four Decades,” at bottom of page). Mitchell advocated a greater role in the profession for black CPAs, but he did not specifically suggest a new national association. In fact, he said that black respondents rejected the idea of a “separate national professional association of black CPAs” by a margin of 57 to 25. Opini Anda Klik untuk menuliskan opini Anda tentang koleksi ini! Kembali

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