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The role of the accountants: New challenges ahead / Allan Chang

A general manager of a large trading company once commented on his accountant: I "When I look at you, 1 see only Dollars and Cents in your eyes". Another unkind word once uttered by a manufacturer of fibre board furniture at a seminar runs like this: "The return on investments of thes...

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Main Author: Chang, Allan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institut Teknologi MARA Cawangan Sarawak 1990
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Professional ethics
Accountants
Online Access:http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/43775/1/43775.pdf
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spelling my.uitm.ir.437752021-03-19T09:02:19Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/43775/ The role of the accountants: New challenges ahead / Allan Chang Chang, Allan Professional ethics Accountants A general manager of a large trading company once commented on his accountant: I "When I look at you, 1 see only Dollars and Cents in your eyes". Another unkind word once uttered by a manufacturer of fibre board furniture at a seminar runs like this: "The return on investments of these machines are reasonably good in the long run, but it is damned accountants who like to see only a smooth cash flow." However, the Chief Minister of Sarawak at a dinner organised by the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA) in May 1988 has more kind words to say: "The accountants have a great role to play in nation building with its rapid industrialisation programme, but they should avoid producing too many figures which bore the business even though they would like to see other figures elsewhere." Institut Teknologi MARA Cawangan Sarawak 1990-09 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/43775/1/43775.pdf Chang, Allan (1990) The role of the accountants: New challenges ahead / Allan Chang. Jurnal Akademik, 2 (2). pp. 49-55. ISSN 0128-2635
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Accountants
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Accountants
Chang, Allan
The role of the accountants: New challenges ahead / Allan Chang
description A general manager of a large trading company once commented on his accountant: I "When I look at you, 1 see only Dollars and Cents in your eyes". Another unkind word once uttered by a manufacturer of fibre board furniture at a seminar runs like this: "The return on investments of these machines are reasonably good in the long run, but it is damned accountants who like to see only a smooth cash flow." However, the Chief Minister of Sarawak at a dinner organised by the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA) in May 1988 has more kind words to say: "The accountants have a great role to play in nation building with its rapid industrialisation programme, but they should avoid producing too many figures which bore the business even though they would like to see other figures elsewhere."
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