November 20, 2008 IFAC : Articles Library

The articles below have been contributed by IFAC leadership and other professionals whose work influences the accountancy profession. Member bodies are encouraged to reprint them in their publications and to make them available to their membership. Although some articles have been previously published, IFAC has obtained the copyright and grants reprint permission to all member bodies. Please simply indicate, "Reprinted with permission from the International Federation of Accountants." Also, please let us know about your intention to reprint by emailing us at reprintpermission@pop.ifac.org.

Articles

Title Author Date
Accounting Profession Issues and Trends
Money Laundering and Frauds - Changing Expectations From Accountants
M A Baree, FCA
President, Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh
Oct/Dec 2001
IFAC Takes Up the Challenges of the Regulators Tsuguoki Fujinuma
IFAC President
November 2000
Shame About Standards
Text of an article published in Accountancy International (August 1999)
Roger Hussey
former Chief Executive of the Irish Institute
August 1999
Emergency Action
Text of an article published in Accountancy International (June 1999)
Frank Harding
IFAC President 1997 to 2000
June 1999
Corruption: Rising to the Challenge Frank Harding
IFAC President 1997 to 2000
May 1999
Corporate Credibility - Why A Harmonised Global Accountancy Framework Matters Frank Harding
IFAC President 1997 to 2000
November 1998
Auditing and Related Services
New Auditing Standards On the Horizon Jon Rowden, Director, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Katharine Bagshaw, Secretary, ICAEW ISA implementation subgroup
July 2008
International Standards on Auditing within the European Union Dries Schockaert and Nathalie Houyoux
Institut des Réviseurs d’Entreprises - Instituut van de bedrijfsrevisoren (IRE-IBR)
December 2007
Adding Credibility Through Assurance Services Professor Ian Percy
June 1999
Education
Strategy for Implementation of International Education Guideline No. 9: A Task Force Report of IAAER International Association for Accounting Research
February 2001
Ethics
A Global Standard for Professional Ethics
Cross-Border Business Concerns
Catherine Allen, CPA, founder, Audit Conduct
Robert Bunting, CPA, partner, Moss Adams LLP and deputy president, International Federation of Accountants.
July 28, 2008
Harmonization of Independence Standards for Accountants Around the World Marilyn A. Pendergast, CPA
Partner, Urbach, Kahn & Werlin, LLP
Chair, IFAC Ethics Committee
May 2001
Ethical Codes in Action Professor William P. Birkett
Technical Adviser, Australia - Financial and Management Accounting Committee Associate Dean – Development, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
July 2000
Ethics in a Cyber World
Ethical Considerations and Electronic Commerce
Judith Merryweather
Consultant to the IT Chapter of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia
May 2000
Financial and Management Accounting
Calculating the Economic Value of Customers to an Organisation Paul Andon, Jane Baxter and Graham Bradley
Winner of the FMAC 2002 Articles of Merit Competition
November 2002
The Outsiders
Management Accountants Have Yet to Make An Impact on Non-Profit and Government Organizations.
Regina Herzlinger
Winner of the FMAC 2001 Articles of Merit Competition
Management Accounting Practices in Nigerian Companies Adelegan, Olatundun Janet, Chartered Accountant
Lecturer of Accounting and Business Finance in the Department of Economics University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
Accounting -- The Digital Way Scott M. Boggs
Winner of the FMAC 2000 Articles of Merit Competition
March 2001
From Relevance Lost to Relevance Regained: Management Practice in the New Millennium Rob Sharma
Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia
December 2000
The Changing Nature of Management Accounting and the Emergence of ‘Hybrid’ Accountants John Burns, Lecturer in Accounting
and Robert Scapens, Professor of Accounting University of Manchester, UK
November 2000
Information Technology
XBRL: Moving Toward a Common Language for Financial Reporting IFAC
July 2002
International Standards Provide Guidance For IT Governance John W. Lainhart IV, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers
He is also chairman of the ISACA (Information Systems Audit and Control Association) IT Governance Task Force and past ISACA/F International President.
May 2001
Financial Reporting on the Internet – Instant, Economical, Global Communication Glen L. Gray, Professor, California State University at Northridge
Roger Debreceny, Associate Professor, Nanyang Technological University
January 2001
Electronic Authentication Technologies: E-mail Security and Digital Certificates
Working Through the Maze of Options and Opportunities
George W. Wilson
CPA
May 2000
Public Sector Accounting
International Public Sector Accounting Standards: New Disclosure Requirements for Recipients of External Assistance Paul Sutcliffe
Senior Advisor, International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board
February 2008
International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSASs)
1996 to 2006 - Progress and Status
Paul Sutcliffe
Senior Advisor
August 2006
The Standards Programme of IFAC's Public Sector Committee Paul Sutcliffe
Technical Director
January 2003
Impairment of Non-Cash-Generating Assets
Article originally published in the Israeli Professional Journal Roeh Haheshbon
Ron Alroy, IPSASB Member and Ran Tal, Technical Advisor
February 2005

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