Home of the world's greatest party animals. Togas. Keggers. Naked fountain runs. Rumor has it their conferences make the court of Caligula look like a six-year-old's birthday party, but you won't find any of that on their website.
No, instead, their website includes information like they are the largest member association representing the accounting profession in the world, founded in 1887 with 418,000 members practicing in 143 countries. They say they set the ethical standards for the accounting profession, as well as accounting standards for various forms of organizations, from private companies to non-profits to governments. But come on. We know it's all about the parties.
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Finance a la shmoop what is hiding written complaints? all right remember
when you were a kid and your teacher sent home a note to your parents and not [Teacher gives boy a note]
a good one you knew you were in big-time trouble so you know why not just hide
the note what your parents don't see can't hurt you right? while hiding
written complaints on Wall Street is kind of like that if an investment rep
receives a written complaint from a client they are legally obligated to
pass it along to their employer and their boss who has to add it to the reps
[Submarine appears] U4 which is not a military submarine but a form that the rep has to
use when registering with the stay you know for their license hiding written
complaints is illegal and can get the rep in deep you know what and like in
the real world it gets a lot worse than being grounded and you know having your [Person picks up Xbox console]
xbox taken away for a week yeah good luck with that
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