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12:00 PM - 3:30 PM CST
Ethical Considerations for CPAs
12/17/202412:00 PM - 3:30 PM CST
Event Description
CPAs today face greater challenges than ever to maintain the high ethical standards of their profession. This course provides a framework within which to consider the ethical challenges facing CPAs and focuses on ethical requirements that CPAs must adhere to in their everyday practice, including practical examples of potential ethical dilemmas that practitioners may encounter.
Learning Objectives:
• Understand the attributes of ethics and professional conduct
• Identify ethical issues that occur every day in the work environment
• Understand those deliberative, emotional, and social skills that enable a CPA to put their knowledge of the rules into practice in ways that are applicable to any situation
Major Topics:
• The CPA’s role in today’s economy
• The similarities and differences between individual and business ethics
• The link between ethics, integrity and scruples
• The basic attributes of ethics and professional conduct
• The history of the CPA profession and the CPA’s requirement to adhere to ethics policies and codes of conduct
• The AICPA’s Code of Professional Conduct and a CPA’s responsibility to the public, clients, and colleagues
• The common rules and statutes faced daily in the CPA profession. Case studies may also be utilized to present potential ethical dilemmas CPAs may face during their careerson
Instructor: Martin Birr
Field of Study: Ethics (Behavioral) (4)
Designed For: All CPAs
Prerequisite: Experience in financial reporting
Level: Intermediate
Learning Objectives:
• Understand the attributes of ethics and professional conduct
• Identify ethical issues that occur every day in the work environment
• Understand those deliberative, emotional, and social skills that enable a CPA to put their knowledge of the rules into practice in ways that are applicable to any situation
Major Topics:
• The CPA’s role in today’s economy
• The similarities and differences between individual and business ethics
• The link between ethics, integrity and scruples
• The basic attributes of ethics and professional conduct
• The history of the CPA profession and the CPA’s requirement to adhere to ethics policies and codes of conduct
• The AICPA’s Code of Professional Conduct and a CPA’s responsibility to the public, clients, and colleagues
• The common rules and statutes faced daily in the CPA profession. Case studies may also be utilized to present potential ethical dilemmas CPAs may face during their careerson
Instructor: Martin Birr
Field of Study: Ethics (Behavioral) (4)
Designed For: All CPAs
Prerequisite: Experience in financial reporting
Level: Intermediate
