When I first began my pursuit as a college student I attended the University of Missouri. While there I wanted to pursue the major computer science. However, that did not work out the best for me kand realized I needed to change my major. I have always been relatively good with numbers and is usually a subject that I can learn quickly. Additionally, my father has a MBA and did accounting work while I was growing up. I thus, decided to pursue accounting and found the subject to be entertaining. Unfortunately, I made some bad decisions while attending the University of Missouri which caused me to have to drop out and miss a semester of school. I then applied to Eastern Illinois and they were more than happy to accept me as a business student. I would say the absence that I had from school gave me renewed interest in pursuing my goals which led me to excel in my area of study. I was able to achieve the promising business scholar award within my first semester at school and the following year was invited to join Beta Gamma Sigma. That is a national college high honor society for students. My goal as an accounting major is ultimately to earn my 150 hours of course work so that I can sit for the CPA exam. I would say I can be very passionate about the field of accounting. The professors in the business building offer great advice and are always willing to help you determine the best path of study. I initially intended on double majoring in accounting and finance but one teacher spoke about the opportunity of getting my MBA and achieving my 150 credit hours for the CPA in the same amount of time. This seemed like a great opportunity and is my ultimate goal for college. After graduation and earning my CPA I would like to become involved in the practice of public accounting. I believe the first couple years of experience I gain in public accounting will be invaluable and will be great to have on my resume if I intend to switch to private accounting.

Not surprisingly, the world of business and corporations are littered with a variety of human rights issues. One topic that is heavily debated is whether companies have an obligation to adopt policies of corporate social responsibility. Proponents of corporate social responsibility believe that corporations have a responsibility to adopt policies that take issues such as preserving the environment, energy crisis, inflation and equal opportunity employment into consideration. The other side of the argument believes corporate social responsibility is a “fundamentally flawed concept” and imposes expenses on shareholders and employees of the corporation. (Stevens, 2010) In the end, a corporation’s ultimate goal is to maximize shareholder revenue and maintain growth and efficiency. Immediately this comes in direct conflict with making decisions concerning human rights, for a business. Unfortunately, it would be a very costly venture for a business to purely adopt policies that considered all rights of humans. Stevens (2014) goes on to write, “many companies have boosted profits while enhancing social welfare by reducing their energy consumption and thus their costs.” However, these companies adopted these policies because they saw a market and an opportunity that would increase profits. The second human rights issue that ties directly to accounting, is women and public accounting. The injustice is that there is a glass ceiling for women in the profession and it is very hard for them to advance through the ranks. This is because there are stigma’s about women becoming pregnant and not being able to pull their weight during this time as well as other things. Reilly (2013) of Forbes magazine writes that, “New CPAs are over 50% women, but very few become partners - around 20% of partners are women.” I find it absurd that there is still oppression within the business community. However, from personal experience and talking to a wide number of public accounting firms I believe that there is a movement within the profession to end this injustice.

Works Cited
Reilly, Peter J. "How To Shatter The Public Accounting Glass Ceiling ?" Forbes. Forbes Magazine, 24 Apr. 2013. Web. 25 June 2014.
Karnani, Aneel. "The Case Against Corporate Social Responsibility." The Wall Street Journal. Dow Jones & Company, 23 Aug. 2010. Web. 25 June 2014.