Comment Re:Before Andersen Jokes Spread.. (Score 1) 209
Ok, interesting bbc link, thanks, but actually the news story you've linked to does support the argument that Accenture's off the hook for Andersen's issues:
"Confusion is added to the Andersen angle by the fact that Accenture (the renamed Andersen Consulting), until 2000 its sister company, has also been close to Labour - Trade Secretary Patricia Hewitt used to be its research director.
The companies split in 2000 when Andersen Consulting left the Andersen Worldwide group following a long running and bitter court case.
The accounting and consulting arms of the group had been running as separate companies within the group since 1989.
Andersen Consulting, renamed Accenture in 2001, has never been involved in accounting or auditing.
The company complains its history is often inaccurately reported and indeed highlights that Accenture/Andersen Consulting was never banned from government work after De Lorean."
[disclosure: I work for Accenture]
"Confusion is added to the Andersen angle by the fact that Accenture (the renamed Andersen Consulting), until 2000 its sister company, has also been close to Labour - Trade Secretary Patricia Hewitt used to be its research director.
The companies split in 2000 when Andersen Consulting left the Andersen Worldwide group following a long running and bitter court case.
The accounting and consulting arms of the group had been running as separate companies within the group since 1989.
Andersen Consulting, renamed Accenture in 2001, has never been involved in accounting or auditing.
The company complains its history is often inaccurately reported and indeed highlights that Accenture/Andersen Consulting was never banned from government work after De Lorean."
[disclosure: I work for Accenture]
