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a truly international and cohesive accountancy profession is reflected in its expanded membership of one hundred twenty-three professional accountancy bodies in eighty-seven countries
Typically members of a board of accountancy are appointed by a state's governor and include both licensed CPAs and public members. The CPA members are often selected by the governor after consulting with the state's CPA society
What makes a profession a profession is that the competence of the members of the profession is monitored by an association of peers. Thus, the competence and conduct of doctors, lawyers, engineers, pharmacists, accountants and so on is controlled by a society made up of the other members of the same profession, who have the power to remove professional status from their members.
Of the 34,000 members of the ACFE, more than 15,000 are certified fraud examiners.
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Accreditation is normally conferred on a person or institution by a governing board of the profession or industry. For example, if you were an accountant you could be a member of the Society of Charted Accountants. Doctors are normally members of a professional Medical Board. The institutions that grant accreditation are normally recognised nationally or internationally as the standard for practice within that profession. They would deal with issues such as a Code of Conduct and ethics of its members. In the case of entire industries, ISO is one which sets international standards, companies normally strive to undergo the fairly rigorous processes in order to be ISO accredited.
State board of education: members are usually elected by the public in state-wide or local elections. State board of accountancy: some states may have elected members on this board who oversee the regulation and licensing of accountants.
After the 2009 financial crisis, members of any profession that were CEO's of a big business companies received a lot of flak and criticism for taking high bonuses.
The term 'silk' is usually applied to members of the legal profession - specifically barristers, and other members of the Bar Association.
Boards vary in size from five to nineteen members, many with only one public member. In some jurisdictions, there is a limited term of service whereas in others, board members can be reappointed indefinitely
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