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Professional Risks of Dating in the Workplace

Personal Relationship Could Compromise Professional Judgment Dating in the workplace is fraught with potential conflicts of interest not the least of which is when a superior who has to evaluate an employee also dates that person. Can the supervisor rate the employees’ performance objectively? Perhaps so, but the problem is that it may appear objectivity […]

SEC Investigation of Auditors Driven by Conflicts of Interest and a Lack of Independence

Accounting Profession, Workplace Behavior / Steven Mintz / March 24, 2022

Is the SEC the Cause of the Problem? I have blogged before about the problems the Big Four accounting firms are having with respect to conflicts of interest and independence impairments. These concerns have moved the SEC to launch a probe into how firms manage conflicts of interest caused by the provision of nonaudit services

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