Gallup poll shows profession's image recovering strongly.

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A poll taken by the Gallup Organization in Aug. revealed that the accounting profession's image has improved significantly since the prior Aug. In fact, our profession had the greatest percentage point increase--14%--among the American businesses and industries included in the poll.

In Aug. 2002, the profession had a positive rating of 31% and now has a positive rating of 45%--just two percentage points below the 47% we garnered in the 2001 Gallup poll taken prior to the collapse of Enron and other corporate scandals. Moreover, our negative ratings went down from 31% in 2002 to 14% this year...