The primary focus of this report is on the financial sector and the culture and conduct challenges faced by firms in that industry. However, over the past several years, conduct scandals among accounting firms have increasingly called our attention to similar culture struggles in the audit sector.
In July 2023, for instance, KPMG Netherlands confirmed reports that at least 500 employees had been found to have cheated during mandatory accounting exams. An internal investigation was launched after an employee reported that others were sharing test answers. KPMG confirmed that sanctions were imposed on an undisclosed number of employees, including several being fired, in response to the cheating.1
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