Everyday Ethics: Doing Well by Doing Good 2024
4.00 Credits
Member Price $159
Non-Member Price $209
Overview
Learn various codes of professional conduct and standards of ethical conduct, recent cases involving professional responsibility for the accounting profession, ethical frameworks and more. This program is designed to fulfill the California Board of Accountancy’s four-hour ethics education requirement. CalCPA Members: This course qualifies for the four hours of free ethics credits per membership year. Learn more .
Highlights
- AICPA Code of Professional Conduct, Institute of Management Accountants Standards of Ethical Conduct and T.D. Circular 230
- Implications of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
- Recent, relevant cases on accounting profession ethics and professional responsibility
- Areas the partner should pay particular attention to
- What it means to be a profession and a professional
- Ethical frameworks
Prerequisites
None
Designed For
CPAs and financial professionals.
Objectives
- Recognize the CPA's professional and ethical obligations and responsibilities
- Outline what moral philosophers thought about enterprise and ethics
- Identify the requirements of the profession
- Identify the reasons people cheat
- Recall the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct, Institute of Management Accountants Standards of Ethical Conduct and T.D. Circular 230
Preparation
None
Leader(s):
Leader Bios
Ronald Baker, CPA Crossings, LLC Two Commerce Square
Ronald J. Baker started his career in 1984 with KPMG’s Private Business Advisory Services in San Francisco. Today, he is the founder of VeraSage Institute, the leading think tank dedicated to improving the profession for posterity. Ron has been appointed to the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Group of One Hundred, a group of leaders to address the future of the profession and named on Accounting Today’s 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2011, and 2012 Top 100 Most Influential People in the profession. His book, The Firm of the Future: A Guide for Accountants, Lawyers, and Other Professional Services, co-authored with Paul Dunn, was published in April 2003 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., and was the 2003 Book of the Year on SmartPros.com and is in its sixth printing.
Non-Member Price $209
Member Price $159