A&A Cluster: Ethical Considerations for CPAs - A Virtual Event
Overview
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CPAs today face greater challenges than ever to maintain the high ethical standards of their profession. It is vitally important that all CPAs understand their professional responsibilities related to all aspects of their job. This course, which focuses on key components of the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct, reviews a history of the CPA profession 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, particularly those related to objectivity and independence. PLEASE NOTE: THIS COURSE COVERS GENERAL ETHICS AND IS APPLICABLE IN STATES IN WHICH STATE-SPECIFIC ETHICS IS NOT REQUIRED. This course does not qualify for IRS credit.
Highlights
- Examine the CPA's role in today's economy
- Compare similarities and differences between individual and business ethics
- Explore the link between ethics, integrity and scruples
- Discuss the basic attributes of ethics and professional conduct
- Review the history of the CPA profession and the CPA's requirement to adhere to ethics policies and codes of conduct
- Review the AICPA's Code of Professional Conduct and a CPA's responsibilities to the public, clients and colleagues
- Discuss 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 careers
- Review CPA Independence violations by current legal case examples
Prerequisites
Designed For
All CPAs
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
- Understand CPA Independence issues and professional conduct
Preparation
None
Leader(s):
Leader Bios
Curtis Quickel
Curtis Quickel is an individual practitioner in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Before establishing his own practice, he worked several years in the industry as a corporate controller. As a retired Lieutenant Colonel from the U.S. Army Reserves, he taught courses at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College in Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas. He also completed three combat tours in Iraq, Kuwait, and Afghanistan. He is a past president of the Central Chapter of the Arkansas Society of CPAs and Past Chairman of the Industry and Commerce Committee. Curt is the current recipient of the Arkansas Society of CPAs Outstanding CPE Speaker Award and a past recipient of the Arkansas Society of CPAs Outstanding CPA in Government Award. He has been a Continuing Professional Education discussion leader since 1998.
Non-Member Price $195.00
Member Price $165.00