Racial bias

Attitudes toward diversity, equity and inclusion are shifting in the profession — but slowly.

Scholars in the vanguard of finance, accounting, history and geography are seeing the impact of racial bias and property tax disparities in the $4 trillion U.S. municipal bond market.

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In the first step in a multiphase agreement, NABA members will receive a subscription to a community and content hub for career development.

The study will start by looking at coronavirus-related stimulus payments.

A research team from Bentley University found that ethnic minority audit partners face significant bias and discrimination compared to their white counterparts.

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

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.

Just like the industries that they cover, the lack of Black representation among news outlets acts as a barrier against understanding and eliminating systemic racism.

The flow of assets and capital in manager selection, municipal bonds and business and mortgage capital reveals forms of systemic racism that often get overlooked.

The hurdles faced by Black professionals who break into the financial services belie the notion that their small numbers at the industry’s top ranks are a pipeline problem.

Opening a bank or investment account — or even securing employment in a racism-free workplace — is out of reach for many Black Americans.

In the first episode of the five-part documentary series, we look at how disparities in net worth and mortgage discrimination impact Black home ownership — and why it's impossible to close the gaps without attacking systemic racism.

This five-part series is a comprehensive effort to explain the racial discrimination Black Americans face in our financial system.

When a firm’s leadership is composed of people who look the same and share similar life experience, those outside that group have a much harder time breaking barriers to move up in an organization.

The Virginia Society of CPAs' new committee will advise its board of directors on diversity-focused programs and engage with local leaders to help grow the accounting student pipeline.

The accounting profession’s efforts to date haven’t yielded as much as many hoped, but that doesn’t mean accountants can give up.

The California Society of CPAs has created a commission to focus on diversity, equity and inclusion issues in the CPA profession.

With economic uncertainty, a pandemic, and concerns around race and equity topping daily headlines, existing initiatives to transform and innovate across people, processes and technology have become more amplified.

Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer who was fired for kneeling on the neck of George Floyd until he died, sparking worldwide protests, has been charged with multiple counts of felony tax evasion over five years.