How Culture Affects Risks - Oklahoma Society of CPAs

Overview

Creating Culture Benefits
Your Organization It’s important to dedicate time and resources in:

Evaluating the company's current culture

Communicating the company's values

Creating processes and risk avoidance activities for a healthy corporate culture

Prioritizing and monitoring risks

This course will help you evaluate your organization's current culture, and teach you strategies for building a thriving corporate culture.

Highlights

Communicating core values

Corporate culture built upon core values

Risk awareness

Behavioral-based interviewing

Prerequisites

Familiarity with enterprise risk managment concepts and best practices

Designed For

accountants and finance professionals Practitioners at all levels

Objectives

Apply the key principles of organizational culture
Use proactive steps to build a healthy corporate culture
Determine how to embed risk management into the organization's culture
Determine how to assess your current culture
Apply behavioral-based interviewing

Credits

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Code

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Fields of Study

Leader(s):

Bruce Shepard, AICPA

Leader Bios

Bruce Shepard, AICPA

Bruce Shepard, CPA was most recently an assistant professor of accounting at George Fox University and an adjunct professor of accounting at the University of Oregon, prior to becoming an instructor for the AICPA in 2012. From 2006-2010, Mr. Shepard was the Chief Financial Officer of Las Vegas Gaming, Inc. in Las Vegas, Nevada, where he had full management responsibility for all financial affairs, daily business operations, administration and human resources. From 1985-2006, Mr. Shepard was in charge of the Middle Market Practice for PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP in Portland, Oregon, where he served as an Assurance Partner from 1989-2006 focusing on providing proactive business advisory services to fast-growing companies.

At PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP, Mr. Shepard spearheaded over 100 acquisitions and divestitures by leading in the financial structuring and negotiations. He worked with clients to develop strategic plans for short-term and long-term growth. He assisted both start-up companies and beyond start-up companies with attaining their needed growth capital. Mr. Shepard wrote an article, Financing Entrepreneurs, in 1999 for the Oregon Society of Certified Public Accountants. Mr. Shepard was awarded “Beta Alpha Psi Professional of the Year” in 2006 for sustained involvement with the University of Oregon.

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