The article "Getting Beyond Counting" (GBC) articulates a vision of the accountant as an information professional. Read this article and then search the Internet for online articles from the professional accounting literature (not newspaper articles) that demonstrate an accountant working in a way advocated by the GBC; in other words find an article about an accountant functioning as an artist, an educator, or a visionary. Accounting journals and websites contain an abundance of articles that describe accountants functioning in these positions. They also contain informational or training pieces that give the accountant tools to work in one of these roles.

1) Give the name of the article, the name of the periodical (publication) in which it appears, and the URI (web address) of the article.

2) In the discussion section, write two paragraphs: The first paragraph should summarize the content of your online article giving the main points and conclusions. Make sure that any language taken from the article is properly cited, i.e. in quotation marks. The second paragraph should discuss your article in light of the recommendations of GBC. How does it illustrate the points made in GBC?

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DISCUSSION: Since Enron scanadal, majority of the general population looked skeptical at the big companies. Since then there were numerous regulations and laws passed such as Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, to protect investors and others participating in economy. Trust is one of the major componenets in accounting. Accounting starts from small processes that builds up into bigger, more complex processes that result into final products. Thus, providing accurate and true information is crucial for businesses to maintain good reputation in the market. In addition, for businesses that are considered reliable there are more business opportunities and partnerships rather than those with bad reputation. Therefore, building trust falls into accoutant hands. In business world there are four ways to build trust. Number one is to deliver accurate data. In order to do that accoutants must have updated tools that help them maintain high levels of accuracy. Number two is to centralize key functions. According to the article,,BlackLine's global study found that 55% of respondents were "not completely confident" that they could identify financial errors in advance of reporting. Of those, 26% were concerned over errors that they know must exist, but of which they have no DISCUSSION: Since Enron scanadal, majority of the general population looked skeptical at the big companies. Since then there were numerous regulations and laws passed such as Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, to protect investors and others participating in economy. Trust is one of the major componenets in accounting. Accounting starts from small processes that builds up into bigger, more complex processes that result into final products. Thus, providing accurate and true information is crucial for businesses to maintain good reputation in the market. In addition, for businesses that are considered reliable there are more business opportunities and partnerships rather than those with bad reputation. Therefore, building trust falls into accoutant hands. In business world there are four ways to build trust. Number one is to deliver accurate data. In order to do that accoutants must have updated tools that help them maintain high levels of accuracy. Number two is to centralize key functions. According to the article,,BlackLine's global study found that 55% of respondents were "not completely confident" that they could identify financial errors in advance of reporting. Of those, 26% were concerned over errors that they know must exist, but of which they have no