Use examples from "The Reckoning: Financial Accountability and the Rise and Fall of Nations", to provide support for the questions below.

• What does it mean to be a professional Accountant?
• What are the characteristics of a professional Accountant? What distinguishes a professional
• Accountant from someone who simply works in accounting (e.g., bookkeepers, data entry, accounts payable clerks, etc.)?
• What role does a professional Accountant play in our economy, society, democracy, etc. (think broadly)?
• Does a professional Accountant have responsibilities not shared by other professions (i.e., finance professionals, sales and marketing professionals, technology professionals, etc. - all may work alongside Accountants in the modern day accounting firm)? If so, discuss these unique responsibilities and indicate their relevance.