The Top Five Firm welcomed 14 inaugural organizations from a wide range of industries to "actively enhance diversity, equity and inclusion within their organizations."

A new report from the IMA and CalCPA also found that 43 to 55 percent of female, nonwhite, and LGBTQIA respondents polled have left a U.S. accounting company due to a perceived lack of equitable treatment.

The Big Four firm created the program to give more people of color the opportunity to become CPAs.

Paul Knopp, KPMG U.S. Chair and CEO, posted an internal message on LinkedIn reiterating the firm's condemnation of "discrimination, harassment or racism" against Asian-Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The CPA Consultants Alliance held its annual meeting online to discuss challenges confronting the accounting profession from COVID-19 and elect a new slate of officers for this year.

The Top 20 Firm will hold an annual summer program designed to recruit, develop and retain minority accounting students with a Diversity Leadership Summit and internship opportunities.

Coronavirus-related government policies and regulations that could affect business performance ranked as the top risk cited by board members and C-suite executives, according to a new survey.

The annual program provides up to $10,000 and an internship to 10 diverse accounting students pursuing the CPA license.

As Black History Month begins, a number of prominent accounting organizations — including the AICPA, Illinois CPA Society, and the National Association of Black Accountants — have joined together in announcing a new yearlong diversity program.

As a fresh round of federal relief loans is getting distributed to U.S. small firms hit by a pandemic crisis that will soon stretch to a year, new research shows that last year’s tranches of the Paycheck Protection Program covered less than a month of business expenses.