Building an Ethical Culture

Overview

There can be no doubt that one of the cornerstones of any profession is ethics. As business professionals, we talk about ethics constantly - yet incorporating ethics into our practices and everyday lives is often a difficult challenge. Using academic research, reflection exercises, and review questions, this course will attempt to give practitioners a sense of how to make the concepts of a code of ethics come alive in the workplace.

Highlights

• Relationship Between Ethics & Financial Success
• Highlights of Ethics Research
• AICPA Code of Professional Conduct
• Bright Line Rules & Ethics Codes
• Social Responsibility
• Writing a Code of Ethics from Scratch

Prerequisites

Knowledge of common business practices and general business ethics

Designed For

Professionals who are looking to make ethics more practical and applicable to their firm.

Objectives

• State the relationship between financial success and company ethics.
• Describe how motivations behind company ethics has changed according to the Journal of Accountancy research article from 2014.
• Describe the structure of the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct, as well as the different categories of practitioners that are addressed within it.
• State the four steps to the Conceptual Framework approach and how it related to the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct.
• Define the concept of social responsibility and how it relates to company ethics
• List activities that may be used to create a sense of social responsibility within an organization.

Preparation

None

Notice

This is a self-study/on demand course offered by a 3rd party vendor and will not be accessible in the My Upcoming CPE section of the ISCPA website. Course access information will be emailed directly to you by Peters Professional Education (PPE). The course expires one year from the purchase date.