Our professor once said that there is no room nor time for despair in Accounting. I wondered if he's telling us to have a callous heart. I thought about it further and I realized Accounting does not call for a callous heart but a strong one.
One that can accept mistakes and have the courage to correct them.
One that can rise up from previous failures and strive to do better the next time.
One that can stand up for what it believes is right despite the many temptations posed by the nature of the profession.
I'm not sure how I should respond to being regarded as an idealist but I do know that i want to change the reality of being an Accountant.
"Uphold ethics in the pursuit of excellence"
-Atty. Eranio L. Punzalan, CPA
(The first time I met Fr. Manny, he asked me what my motto was when he learned that I was an Accounting student. But he seemed to be joking when he asked so I just smiled. I could have readily given him an answer and that is the statement of Atty. Punzalan above which I heard him say when I attended a symposium on Ethics.)
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