On Brian P. West's Professionalism and Accounting Rules

An in-depth discussion of "Professionalism and Accounting Rules" by Brian P. West is presented. A study of subject matter such as accounting rules, serviceable financial information, the cognititve authority of a profession, and the impact of rules on accounting practice, discourse (research), and education promises attention to matters of importance to accountants in general. West delivers - and throws in careful consideration of the meaning and interrelationships between a profession's authority, its responsibility, and its independence. He has rasied the most provicative set of questions regarding accounting that has been seen in recent decades.