Sociology is a science. In fact, a sociologist has to have more personally challenging scientific standards than the more popularly-known sciences such as physics and chemistry, because it is much more challenging to deal with bias and subjectivity.
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (United States) Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, also called GAAP or US GAAP, is the accounting standard adopted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
1 The General Accepted Auditing Standards (GAAS) are the most common auditing standards used to audit private companies. 2  Consider the GAAS policies when commencing your internal accounting audit. 3  GAAS are the basic rules and standards that are used when doing an audit.