... the firm type and client expectation. I once went for an interview with one of the Intel office based in Swindon, for the finance and account department, since they do not get to meet the clients, there was no dress code, many employees turned up in T-shirts and jeans, which is an example of how the type of firm (in the Intel case is department) affects the control over employees. Although it seems to be ridiculous to control employees to such personal level, from the lesson of Arthur Anderson, we can see that client expectation has huge influence over firm's policies. In order to satisfy the clients, firms would just have to be totally transactional, tell people what to wear, what to be, and such, in order to meet the expectation of the clients. As mentioned in the case study, a female auditor said "...it's always a fine line between looking ...

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