Diversity and equality

For Eide Bailly, gender diversity in leadership started with crunching the numbers

Rumbi Bwerinofa-Petrozzello, president of the New York State Society of CPAs, is hoping to make accounting a more diverse profession, as the first woman of color to hold the position in the NYSSCPA’s nearly 125-year history.

The state society will award multiple $1,500 scholarships to diverse, college-bound accounting students.

The 2021 Accounting MOVE Project issued its annual report on female representation and leadership in accounting.

The New Jersey Society of CPAs is awarding one-year scholarships to college-bound high school seniors, current accounting students in college and diverse students looking to enter to the profession.

The ICPAS is seeking applicants for its tenth annual internship preparation program, and honored the first graduates of its Strategy Academy training program.

A study published by the American Accounting Association found that participants shared similar experiences with stereotyping, insensitivity and disrespect.

Women have achieved the milestone of 32% of partners and principals, in aggregate, for the 41 firms that participated this year in research by AFWA's Accounting MOVE Project.

We need more women and people of color in the accounting industry. So, are we doing enough to make that happen?

This year’s Best Firms for Women have supported their people during, and taken new lessons from, a whole new way of working in the pandemic

Our annual ranking of the most female-friendly workplaces in accounting.

CliftonLarsonAllen is teaming up with the National Association of Black Accountants to encourage more diversity, equity and inclusion in the accounting profession.

Brandi Samuel, the Atlanta firm's international tax practice co-leader, was promoted to principal effective Oct. 1.

Crystal Cooke of the AICPA and Todd Shapiro of the ICPAS discuss the centennial of the first Black CPA, what we can learn from pioneering Black accountants, and the work the profession needs to do on diversity.  

Despite BLM, #MeToo and other movements for equality and justice, employers don't understand enough about the impact of neglecting DEI on company health.

Accountants of color and women took on increased workloads at firms during the COVID-19 pandemic, but didn’t necessarily see their careers advance, according to a new study.

The Big Four and other prominent accounting firms were recognized for their benefits and policies for new parents.

Tifphani White-King has charted an unusual career path, starting with aspirations of dancing and then becoming one of the first Black female tax partners at a major firm.

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The HR tech company has also expanded Accountant Connect with new analytics tools and industry partnerships.