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...gave the opening address and sternly reminded accountants that their motto should be "make no false account." Besides presenting China as an unlikely model for pristine accountancy, the congress's chief priority was restoring the public's image of accountants as honest and boring. Unusually animated IFAC President Ren? Ricol took charge of the defense, exhorting fellow double-entry doyens to share "a passion for the quality of accounts and their audit; for taxation, for information systems, for management controls and systems." I liked Ricol, whose public speaking style is reminiscent of the electrifying Jean Chr?tien...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: I Never Felt So Handsome | 11/25/2002 | See Source »

...World Congress of Accountants had everything you could want in a world congress of accountants, except for two words: Arth ... Ander ... In his closing speech, Ricol finally mentioned the Firm That Dare Not Speak Its Name, Arthur Andersen. "It is so sad what happened," he said. "It's so sad, we are not speaking about Andersen." Enron's ex-employees might feel differently, but I could hardly keep from tearing up. Or falling asleep...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: I Never Felt So Handsome | 11/25/2002 | See Source »

...Fascistes. . . ." On the curb, propped up against the wall, sat a dark woman; her dress had been torn off, and her naked left breast had been blackened by blows. Her hair fell over her shoulders, and she was sobbing heartrendingly. Her name was Lise Ricol, and she is a prominent member of the Communist "Union des Femmes Françaises...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: So Little Time | 11/10/1947 | See Source »

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