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== Spring 2022 updates ==

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Hi, I'm here to propose updates throughout this article. I bring up this discussion on behalf of Accenture as part of my work at Beutler Ink (as disclosed above). 

Specifically, I propose these content changes (updates and new material in {{xt|green}}; deletions in {{!xt|red}}; all citations updated):

# In the introduction, updating the end of the first paragraph with: "Accenture's current clients include {{xt|89}} of the Fortune Global 100 and more than three-quarters of the Fortune Global 500.<ref name="FactSheet22">{{cite web |url=https://newsroom.accenture.com/fact-sheet/ |title=Fact sheet |publisher=Accenture |access-date=6 June 2022}}</ref>" (I acknowledge the primary source here, but I'm seeking to update the text and source already used in the article)
# In ''History'', adding: "{{xt|In August 2021, Accenture named [[David Droga]] as chief executive officer of Accenture Interactive (later renamed Accenture Song).}}<ref name="Droga">{{cite news |title=Accenture Elevates Famed Ad Man to Lead Interactive Division |last=Vranica |first=Suzanne |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/accenture-elevates-famed-ad-man-to-lead-interactive-division-11629370921 |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |date=August 19, 2021 |access-date=June 6, 2022}}</ref><ref name="DrogaSong">{{cite news |title=David Droga changed advertising. Now he wants to kill it. |last=Beer |first=Jeff |url=https://www.fastcompany.com/90747128/david-droga-changed-advertising-now-he-wants-to-kill-it |work=[[Fast Company]] |date=April 30, 2022 |access-date=June 6, 2022}}</ref>"
# In ''Services and operations'', updating Accenture Operations to remove {{!xt|security}}, as "security" is not mentioned in the source cited. Security actually falls under Accenture Technology. If editors wish to move it there, I would appreciate the correction, but I understand this may not be possible due to a lack of secondary sources for verification.
# In ''Marketing, branding and identity'', updating sentence to read: "As of {{xt|2021}}, Interbrand ranked Accenture No. {{xt|32}} on its list of best global brands.<ref name="Interbrand21">{{cite web |title=Best Global Brands 2021 |url=https://interbrand.com/best-global-brands/accenture/ |work=Interbrand |date=2021 |access-date=June 6, 2022}}</ref>"
# Updating some of the existing ''Awards and recognition'' list:
::*"In {{xt|2022}}, Ethisphere Institute recognised Accenture for the {{xt|15th}} time<ref name="Ethisphere-22">{{cite web|date=2022|title=The 2022 World's Most Ethical Companies Honoree List|url=https://worldsmostethicalcompanies.com/honorees/accenture/ |access-date=6 June 2022 |publisher=Ethisphere Institute}}</ref>"
::*"''Fortune'' named Accenture one of the 100 Best Companies to Work For from 2009 to {{xt|2022}}<ref name="BestCompanies22">{{cite web|date=2022|title=Accenture: #6|url=https://fortune.com/company/accenture/best-companies/#:~:text=RANK6&text=Accenture%20vaulted%20into%20the%20top,the%20next%20generation%20of%20talent. |access-date=6 June 2022|publisher=[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]]}}</ref>"
::*"In {{xt|2022}}, Fortune magazine named it as the world's most admired Information Technology Services company<ref name="FortuneMostAdmired22">{{cite news|date=2022|title=World's Most Admired Companies|work=[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]]|url=https://fortune.com/company/accenture/worlds-most-admired-companies/|access-date=6 June 2022}}</ref>"

Pinging [[User:15|15]] in case you are interested, since you reviewed a similar request last year. Thanks, [[User:Inkian Jason|Inkian Jason]] ([[User talk:Inkian Jason|talk]]) 15:26, 7 June 2022 (UTC)

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*{{re|Inkian Jason}} ''Partially'' done. Specifically, I did #3, #4, #5 (even did a bit more than you asked on #5).
** For #1 (clients include most of the Global 100/500) I am, as you suspected, wary of the primary source, especially about something that is clearly promotional, and in the lead section. It's an important sentence, as it's a good shorthand way to explain Accenture's importance, and I do believe it, so I'm not going to just delete it, but as a rule, it's a bad idea to rely on the company itself for a clearly promotional sentence. Can you find a third party source that says it? Otherwise, fair warning, I, or someone else, may well delete that sentence entirely, which will be a bad thing in general.
** For #2 about David Droga - I really want to add it, but that whole 2020s section is a mess. It's basically a list of acquisitions, of companies that we don't have independent articles for, and many sourced only to Accenture. I'm highly tempted to delete most of that section, and same for 2010s, leaving only the ''important'' events, not the daily blow-by-blow. Since Accenture clearly acquires other companies regularly, most of those acquisitions don't seem that important. What is important is, is of course, subjective, but a good rule of thumb is - does the thing written about have its own article, and/or do other reliable sources, not Accenture, write non-trivial articles about the event? So the David Droga bit would probably be fine, we have a good sized article about [[David Droga]], so it's probably important, but I'd be inserting a good bit into a bad section. I don't suppose you'd be willing to suggest an edit that rewrites that whole section to only include the important parts? --[[User:GRuban|GRuban]] ([[User talk:GRuban|talk]]) 16:02, 15 July 2022 (UTC)
::{{ping|GRuban}} Thanks again! Let me take a look around and see what I can do to help with the concerns you raise about #1 and #2. [[User:Inkian Jason|Inkian Jason]] ([[User talk:Inkian Jason|talk]]) 16:23, 15 July 2022 (UTC)

:::{{ping|GRuban}} I appreciate your patience here. I looked further into issue #1. Unfortunately, I do not have any third-party sources that verify this information. I can make another request to update that info if such a source becomes available. For issue #2, I agree the section needs improvement, and understand why you wouldn't want to insert "a good bit into a bad section". Here's a potential fix in the meantime: Would you consider adding David Droga to the ''Key people'' parameter of the infobox, after "Julie Sweet (Chair and CEO)"? Thanks, [[User:Inkian Jason|Inkian Jason]] ([[User talk:Inkian Jason|talk]]) 14:11, 27 July 2022 (UTC)
:::: Added Droga to 2020s section after all. --[[User:GRuban|GRuban]] ([[User talk:GRuban|talk]]) 13:46, 29 July 2022 (UTC)
:::::Thank you! [[User:Inkian Jason|Inkian Jason]] ([[User talk:Inkian Jason|talk]]) 14:04, 29 July 2022 (UTC)

{{Outdent}} If [[User:GRuban|GRuban]] or any other editors here are interested, I have submitted a series of edits requests to bring Accenture's entry at Japanese Wikipedia up to date '''[[:ja:ノート:アクセンチュア|here]]'''. Thanks, [[User:Inkian Jason|Inkian Jason]] ([[User talk:Inkian Jason|talk]]) 16:18, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

:Nihongo ga wakarimasen {{smiley|frown}} --[[User:GRuban|GRuban]] ([[User talk:GRuban|talk]]) 18:08, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

== Enron Scandal ==

The Enron Scandal is the actual reason why the name was changed to Accenture. Why is there no mention of this in the entry? [[Special:Contributions/2607:FEA8:8643:B400:5180:8EC0:6AB8:3D4F|2607:FEA8:8643:B400:5180:8EC0:6AB8:3D4F]] ([[User talk:2607:FEA8:8643:B400:5180:8EC0:6AB8:3D4F|talk]]) 20:41, 31 July 2022 (UTC)
:Do you have a [[WP:CITE|citation]] of a [[WP:RS|reliable source]] to support your claim? <span style="font-family: Gill Sans MT, Arial, Helvetica; font-weight:140;">[[User:General Ization|<span style="color: #006633;">General <i>Ization</i></span>]]</span> <sup>[[User talk:General Ization|<i style="color: #000666;">Talk </i>]] </sup> 20:43, 31 July 2022 (UTC)
::The name change was legally mandated in 1998, several years before the Enron scandal broke. Already during the 1990s, Andersen Consulting and Arthur Andersen were two entirely separate legal entities, outside of AC having to pay AA damages for making more money while still using the Andersen name. Which was part of the reason for the suit already started during the mid-90s that led to the name change, which in turn occured years before the scandal caused by AA, not by AC. No employee of AC ever had anything to do with Enron whatsoever, at least not post-1989. --[[Special:Contributions/2003:EF:170A:9244:9D8E:96E:A918:6897|2003:EF:170A:9244:9D8E:96E:A918:6897]] ([[User talk:2003:EF:170A:9244:9D8E:96E:A918:6897|talk]]) 17:51, 29 December 2022 (UTC)
:::Good catch IP. Done, found a reliable citation and added to the article. [[User:CactiStaccingCrane|CactiStaccingCrane]] ([[User talk:CactiStaccingCrane|talk]]) 03:07, 13 January 2024 (UTC)
:I agree. It was a very public event at the time and the consulting wing, already separate, wanted to isolate themselves further from the scandals associated with Arthur Andersen's failed financial audit of Enron. [[User:Stevenmitchell|Stevenmitchell]] ([[User talk:Stevenmitchell|talk]]) 18:34, 21 July 2023 (UTC)

== Enron ==

oddly, no discussion of Enron. [[Special:Contributions/2600:1700:2371:77D0:FD05:A2A:8554:449D|2600:1700:2371:77D0:FD05:A2A:8554:449D]] ([[User talk:2600:1700:2371:77D0:FD05:A2A:8554:449D|talk]]) 15:00, 31 October 2023 (UTC)

:Done, found a reliable citation and added to the article. [[User:CactiStaccingCrane|CactiStaccingCrane]] ([[User talk:CactiStaccingCrane|talk]]) 03:07, 13 January 2024 (UTC)

== Is it "Irish-American"? ==

Surely it's an American company with an HQ in Dublin for tax reasons. It's no more "Irish-American" than Apple is. [[User:Jamesinderbyshire|Jamesinderbyshire]] ([[User talk:Jamesinderbyshire|talk]]) 16:47, 4 February 2024 (UTC)

:@[[User:Jamesinderbyshire|Jamesinderbyshire]] Apple is headquartered in California though. [[Special:Contributions/2A02:8084:46C3:AC00:6D47:9866:249D:6F7F|2A02:8084:46C3:AC00:6D47:9866:249D:6F7F]] ([[User talk:2A02:8084:46C3:AC00:6D47:9866:249D:6F7F|talk]]) 10:10, 10 May 2024 (UTC)

== Addition to History Section under "Split from Author Andersen" - Relaunch of Andersen Consulting ==

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* '''Specific text to be added to history section:''' In February 2025, Andersen Global relaunched Andersen Consulting as a separate entity that will integrate business strategy and AI-driven technology with Andersen Global’s tax, legal, valuation and global mobility services.<ref>{{cite web |last= Foley |first= Stephen |date=2025-09-01 |title= Andersen Consulting brand set for resurrection|url=https://www.ft.com/content/215149ad-f4d6-4212-9324-58b9a12b758d |website=Financial Times |access-date=2025-02-27}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=<!-- not stated -->|date=2025-02-20 |title= Andersen Launches Global Consulting Practice on Six Continents|url=https://insidepublicaccounting.com/2025/02/20/andersen-launches-global-consulting-practice-on-six-continents/ |website=Inside Public Accounting |access-date=2025-02-27}}</ref>
* '''Reason for the change:''' News sources are covering launch of a new Andersen Consulting under Andersen Global.
* '''References supporting change:''' See citations above
[[User:JAustenFan|JAustenFan]] ([[User talk:JAustenFan|talk]]) 19:31, 27 February 2025 (UTC)
:{{Respond|question|Question:}} <!-- Template:ECOI -->It's unclear exactly how this relates to the present content in the history section. Can you please provide more context in the suggested edit itself?  [[User:Likeanechointheforest|Likeanechointheforest]] ([[User talk:Likeanechointheforest|talk]]) 21:24, 28 February 2025 (UTC)
::Absolutely. Accenture was previously branded Andersen Consulting before it split from Arthur Andersen. This update highlights that Andersen Consulting has been relaunched by Andersen Global as a new separate entity. Since the page is a redirect from the original Andersen Consulting page, this just provides an update on this latest news about the Andersen Consulting brand. [[User:JAustenFan|JAustenFan]] ([[User talk:JAustenFan|talk]]) 21:46, 28 February 2025 (UTC)

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:{{Respond|xmark|Not done:}} <!-- Template:ECOI -->They split 25 years ago, I don't think whatever Andersen Global is doing now in the consulting space is relevant to Accenture. [[User:Rusalkii|<span style="color:#259a83">Rusalkii</span>]] ([[User talk:Rusalkii|talk]]) 03:48, 15 March 2025 (UTC)