by ICAEW Insights
March 13 2025
Accountants invite significant risk by taking part in activities that support kleptocratic states or individuals, a new book warns.
Factors that lead professional services firms to assist kleptocratic behaviour have fallen under the microscope of a new book from Oxford University Press.
Indulging Kleptocracy is co-authored by University of Exeter Professor of International Relations John Heathershaw, who is co-leading a landmark worldwide study of how professional services, including accountancy, enable corruption.
Fellow co-author is University of Exeter Research Fellow Tom Mayne, who researched a chapter that focuses on accountancy. Insights caught up with them to find out what accountants can learn from their book.
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