ALL DRESSED UP Magazine - CPA Australia. For the accounting profession
From Brett Stevenson - 7 November 2018
https://www.excellere.com.au/blog/2018/ ... profession
Well, here it is. 314 pages in total.
Not in a very sophisticated format as my IT expert (my youngest daughter) has been away for two weeks, but hey a deadline can bring out even the most outlandish creative skills. For the moment just hit the link and it will take you to the relevant section. There were quite a few sections, especially the one on Inclusivity and Diversity, that I have been unable to complete in time but I shall over the next month or so.
No doubt delegates to the WCOA in Sydney have been swooned and overwhelmed with the ‘hospitality’ and sales talk from CPA Australia. Well let me just add a touch of reality as CPA have been known to rewrite history, waste money and focus on irrelevancies, so this is more of a corrective.
I would encourage you to read section one, being the 119 page account of the way the media exposed the shenanigans at CPA Australia. It is in short readable sections so you can try a few tasty morsels over a break during the day or on your journey home. The rest just read at your leisure and in any order.
I was going to say happy reading but perhaps sober or considered reading is more appropriate.
1. The Media Exposure of CPA Australia in short readable bursts 119 pages
2. The Whitewash is now complete at CPA Australia 14 pages
3. The Leadership of CPA Australia 2008-2017 (visual) 20 pages
4. The Dramatis Personae (Board) 2009-2017 (CV’s) 8 pages
5. What has happened to our profession 20 pages
6. Leadership remuneration at CPA Australia. They milk us! 5 pages
7. Correspondence, Awards Night and Quiz. C’mon, have a go! 16 pages
8. The Naked CEO. Nah, the big life is not for me 6 pages
9. Issues for the academic community to consider. 6 pages
10. Headline History of the Shenanigans at CPA Australia 6 pages
11. Three literary lessons for CPA Australia 19 pages
12. Nothing learned at CPA Australia 8 pages
13. Book reviews and recommendations 13 pages
14. Leadership of CPA Australia 2008-2017 Councils & Committees 26 pages
15. Lessons and Case Studies from CPA Australia 30 pages
16. CPA Australia - An ethical stalemate, a cosy club, a continuing nightmare10 pages
17. CPA Australia Board 2007-2017. This is worth a look to get perspective. 1 page
18. CPA Australia Board Committees 2008-2017. Check the N & R comm. 1 page
19. Media Summary. For a detailed list of the tale of unaccountability 6 pages
20. CPA Members Fighting Fund Report 10 pages
There are quite a few section to be added, which I shall do, but this will at least get the ball rolling.
Again I suggest you read section one first, or at least the first few pages.
This will be my swan song to CPA Australia, apart from the extra few sections to add (one being the audit report of the fighting fund). Well, we fought hard to get some transparency and honesty out of our leadership, and we won the battle to remove a woeful leadership (at both board and management levels) in 2017 but I fear we lost the war. No-one has been held to account for what happened and the new board have refused to put in checks and balances to prevent this ever happening again.
So, on that basis, I shall not be renewing my membership in 2019. So all the best to those who remain. I have really appreciated getting to know many of you, even if it was just by email.
Cheers
Brett
Merry Christmas to Peter Wilson. When it was suggested that Peter Wilson should be independent of the old board so that we can have a fresh start Peter responded with "That's your issue". Summary of the meeting here: viewtopic.php?f=23&t=594 A good summary of where we are up to by Joe Aston of the AFR, linked to from here: viewtopic.php?f=5&p=4137#p4137 If you are new to this website read the story so far: viewtopic.php?t=321#p1793 Check out some of the AFR articles, too many to list and check out some of the ABC reports: http://www.afr.com/business/accounting/ ... 215-h055ej http://www.afr.com/business/accounting/ ... 211-h02x1d http://www.abc.net.au/news/programs/the ... s,/8626662 Please join this website to participate in discussions. Also join our email list at http://eepurl.com/cWsgfb |