About the Authors

W. Steve Albrecht

W. Steve Albrecht is the Andersen Alumni Professor of Accountancy in the Marriott School of Management at Brigham Young University. Dr. Albrecht, a certified public accountant (CPA), certified internal auditor (CIA), and certified fraud examiner (CFE), came to BYU in 1977 after teaching at Stanford and at the University of Illinois. Earlier, he worked as a staff accountant for Deloitte & Touche. Until July 1, 2008, he was the associate dean of the Marriott School, a position he held for 10 years. For the previous nine years, Dr. Albrecht was director of the School of Accountancy at BYU.

Dr. Albrecht received a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Brigham Young University and his MBA and PhD degrees from the University of Wisconsin. He is the former president of the American Accounting Association, the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, Beta Alpha Psi, and the Accounting Program Leadership Group. Until recently, he served as the U.S. representative on the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC) Education Committee and as a trustee of the Financial Accounting Foundation. Dr. Albrecht has done extensive research on business fraud and ethics. His research has resulted in the publication of over 100 articles in professional and academic journals. He is the author or coauthor of 20 books or monographs. In 2000, he completed a major study (“Accounting Education: Charting the Course through a Perilous Future”) on the future of accounting education in the U.S.

Dr. Albrecht has received numerous awards and honors, including BYU’s highest faculty honor, the Karl G. Maeser Distinguished Faculty Lecturer Award, for superior scholarship and teaching. He has also received the BYU School of Management’s Outstanding Faculty Award. He has been recognized by Beta Alpha Psi, the Federation of Schools of Accountancy, the Auditing Section of the American Accounting Association, the Utah Association of CPAs, and the AICPA as Educator of the Year. He also received awards for outstanding teaching at Stanford University, the University of Illinois, and the University of Wisconsin. In 1997, 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004, he was chosen as one of the 100 most influential accounting professionals in the United States by Accounting Today magazine. In 1998, he received the Cressey Award from the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, the highest award given for a lifetime of achievement in fraud detection and deterrence. In 2002, in honor of his contribution in fighting fraud, the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners named one of its headquarter buildings in Austin, Texas, after Dr. Albrecht. In 2001, in recognition of his contributions to BYU and to academia, an anonymous donor endowed the W. Steve Albrecht Professorship in Accounting and the LeAnn Albrecht Fellowship in Accounting.

Dr. Albrecht has consulted with numerous organizations, including Fortune 500 companies, major financial institutions, the United Nations, and the FBI, and he has been an expert witness in over 35 major fraud cases. Dr. Albrecht is married to the former LeAnn Christiansen, and they have 6 children and 22 grandchildren.

Earl K. Stice

Earl K. Stice is the PricewaterhouseCoopers Professor of Accounting in the School of Accountancy at Brigham Young University, where he has been on the faculty since 1998. He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Brigham Young University and a PhD from Cornell University. Dr. Stice has taught at Rice University, the University of Arizona, Cornell University, and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). He won the Phi Beta Kappa teaching award at Rice University, was twice selected as one of the ten best lecturers on campus at HKUST, and has won the Marriott School Teaching Award at BYU.

Dr. Stice also has taught in a variety of executive education and corporate training programs in the United States, Hong Kong, China, Malaysia, and South Africa, and he has been on the executive MBA faculty of the China Europe International Business School in Shanghai, HKUST, the University of Illinois, and INSEAD (in Singapore). He has published papers in the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, The Accounting Review, Review of Accounting Studies, Journal of Business, Finance, and Accounting, and Issues in Accounting Education. Dr. Stice has presented his research results at seminars in the United States, Finland, Taiwan, Australia, and Hong Kong. He has coauthored several accounting texts including Intermediate Accounting, 17th edition. Dr. Stice and his wife, Ramona, have seven children—Derrald, Han, Ryan, Marie, Lorien, Lily, Taraz, and Kamila—and one adorable granddaughter.

James D. Stice

James D. Stice is the Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Marriott School of Management at Brigham Young University. He has served as an Associate Dean of the Marriott School. Dr. Stice also served for eight years as the director of BYU’s MBA Program. He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in accounting from BYU and a PhD in accounting from the University of Washington.

Professor Stice has been on the faculty at BYU since 1988. During that time, he has been selected by graduating accounting students as “Teacher of the Year” on numerous occasions. He was selected by his peers in the Marriott School at BYU to receive the “Outstanding Teaching Award,” and he was selected by the University to receive its highest teaching award, the Maeser Excellence in Teaching Award. Professor Stice has taught in academic and executive education programs in the United States, Europe, South Africa, Singapore, and China for such companies as IBM, Bank of America, and Ernst & Young.

Professor Stice has published articles in Journal of Accounting Research, The Accounting Review, Decision Sciences, Issues in Accounting Education, The CPA Journal, and other academic and professional journals and has written several accounting textbooks.

In addition to his teaching and research, he has served on the board of directors of a publicly traded company that was taken private, and he has served on the Audit Committee for Deseret Management Corporation. He and his brother Kay are also the authors of over 30 courses on accounting and finance that are included in the LinkedIn Learning Library.

Dr. Stice and his wife, Kaye, have 7 children and 27 grandchildren.