Diversity and equality

The Big Four firm has launched the Making Accounting Diverse and Equitable initiative in an effort to reach Black and Latinx accounting candidates earlier in their lives and provide future professionals with lifelong resources.

To mark the start of LGBTQ+ Pride Month, the Big Four firm announced it is increasing its lifetime maximum for transgender-related health care coverage from $25,000 to $75,000, effective July 1.

The pandemic has only heightened the profession's risk of losing women leaders.

There are some strategies organizations can use to hold onto diverse employees.

The move comes after a significant surge in public support for the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020 following the murder of George Floyd.

Businesses today are expected to have values and live by them, a trend which has only been accelerated due to the pandemic and the rise of Gen Z consumers.

The state society's annual awards recognize local CPAs and their commitment to service, diversity and innovation.

A look inside the growing demand for assurance services for ESG reporting.

Mazars USA names its 2021 Giving Theme; Plante Moran helps build California's Homeless Data Integration System; and the VSCPA participates in CEO Action's Day of Understanding.

The American Institute of CPAs' National Committee on Diversity and Inclusion will hold a free, online event on how firms can boost diversity, equity and inclusivity within their organizations.

The society honored professionals across a wide range of categories, including Women to Watch, Lifetime Achievement, Advancing Diversity and more.

The California Society of CPAs honored eight top female professionals across the state, from emerging to experienced leaders.

The Accounting and Financial Women's Alliance's annual poll, focusing this year on the "women's recession" of 2020, seeks input from firms on their internal female leadership and representation.

Mandatory retirement policies at U.S. auditing firms are pushing out experienced partners who are bringing in substantial revenue and audit quality as good as that of younger partners.

The board proposed changing “comprehensive annual financial report” to “annual comprehensive financial report” because the abbreviation sounds like a racist term in South Africa.

The new ADP DEI Dashboard and Organizational Benchmarks Dashboard help analyze diversity in a workforce, and better allocate staff resources.

GHJ's Derrick Coleman explains why the pandemic and the move to remote work can help the accounting profession move the needle on diversity. 

The state society is accepting applications for a program aimed at local, underrepresented minority high school students pursuing accounting and business careers.

Mary T. Washington Wylie broke a major barrier in the accounting profession in 1943.

The profession is slowly becoming more diverse, but progress has been halting.