The accounting profession is slowly becoming more diverse as more firms expand their hiring and promotion of women and people from underrepresented backgrounds, but progress has been halting.

A recent report from the Institute of Management Accountants and the California Society of CPAs noted that only 23 percent of partners in U.S. CPA firms are female. Among those surveyed, 73 percent of female respondents felt that leaders demonstrate unfair prejudice or bias towards women, negatively impacting promotions.

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