Is It OK to Check Email during Meetings?

Survey shows the verdict is still out, although many executives are doing it.

Eighty-six percent of senior executives polled said it is common for professionals they work with to read and respond to e-mail messages during meetings.

About 31 percent, however, disapprove of the practice.

Thirty-seven percent of respondents feel it’s OK to respond to e-mail as long as the message is urgent, and 23 percent of those polled said professionals should excuse themselves from the meeting before responding to e-mail.

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Six Reasons Your Clients Should Worry about Internal Accounting Controls

Occupational fraud is a global issue.

Organizations around the world lose an estimated five percent of their annual revenues to fraud, or about $2.9 trillion, according to a study by the Association of  Certified Fraud Examiners.

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Revenues Sink 2% at Top 100 Accounting Firms

Rosters shrink 1%.

Accounting Today Top 100 2011, total revenues year to year percentage change, 1994-2010

So, when’s the rebound?

The revenue decline is the second in a row for the profession’s largest firms, prompting Accounting Today managing editor Daniel Hood to liken the conditions to a “deep freeze.”

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