Everyday Ethics: Doing Well by Doing Good 2024

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

Notice

This course is provided by a third-party vendor. Please note that login instructions will not be available in the ‘My Upcoming CPE’ section of the NESCPA website. Instead, the login instructions will be sent directly to you via email by the California Education Foundation (CalCPA). Upon completing the course, your hours will be recorded in the ‘My CPE Tracker’ section of the NESCPA website.