FRIDAY FORUM READINGS LIST

• January 20: "FASB Looks to the Future: Standards Setting in the Post-Convergence World", The CPA Journal, December 2011
  • Discussion leaders: Cody Frye and David Thomas

• January 27: "CPA Horizons 2025: A Road Map for the Future", Journal of Accountancy, December 2011.
  • Discussion leaders: Bethany McFarland and Rachel Worthington

• February 3: "What Do Investors Want from the Standard Audit Report?", The CPA Journal, January 2012
  • Discussion leaders: James Inks and Chad Walker

• February 10: "Embracing Ethics and Morality", The CPA Journal, January 2012
  • Discussion leaders: Brandon Hendershot and William Lauer

• February 17: "Triple Bottom Line Reporting for CPAs", The CPA Journal, December 2011
  • Discussion leaders: Mason Wan and Rachel Yan

• February 24: "Auditing in the Cloud: Challenges and Opportunities", The CPA Journal, January 2012
  • Discussion leaders: Julia Avtaeva and Julie Wynstra

• March 2: "A New System for Recognizing Revenue", Journal of Accountancy, January 2012
  • Discussion leaders: Brittany Hallowell and Jennifer McCutcheon

• March 9: "Considering Life After LIFO", The CPA Journal, November 2011
  • Discussion leaders: Denise Harris and Jeannie Hesson

• March 16: SPRING BREAK - NO FORUM

• March 23: "CEOs, CFOs, and Accounting Fraud", The CPA Journal, January 2012
  • Discussion leaders: Jiaozi Wang and Aixi Xu

• March 30: NO FORUM -- BUT STUDENTS WILL MEET FOR A MID-SEMESTER EVALUATION OF THE FRIDAY FORUM PROGRAM

• April 6: "Addressing Problems with the Segregation of Duties in Smaller Companies", The CPA Journal, July 2010
  • Discussion leaders: Steve Cook and Qi Wu

• April 13: "In brief: JOBS Act takes one step closer to becoming law", full article (PDF) available from PwC Insight website
• "JOBS Act to Ease Capital Formation for Public and Private Companies and Reduce Regulatory Burdens on Emerging Growth Companies", article available at the Mintz Levin website
• "JOBS Act Jeopardizes Safety Net for Investors", The New York Times, April 2, 2012
  • Discussion leader: Professor Johnson and junior accounting major Andrew Ware

• April 20: NO FORUM

• April 27: "Accounting for Expenses: A Risk Prone Area", The CPA Journal, January 2009
  • Discussion leaders: Denise Harris and Mason Wan