Iconoclasm in the accounting profession.(Perspectives: Message from the Chair) From: Strategic Finance | Date: May 1, 2005| Author: White, Larry | COPYRIGHT 2005 Institute of Management Accountants. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Iconoclasm: 1. the attacking of cherished beliefs or traditional institutions regarded as based on error or superstition. 2. the doctrine or act of breaking or destroying images. (World Book Dictionary)

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