Personal and Professional Ethics for CPAs

Overview

Many professional organizations have adopted a Code of Ethics to guide member behavior. For CPAs, the AICPA’s Code of Professional Conduct provides rules for members in various sectors. This video-based course focuses on the AICPA Code, starting with a general discussion on ethics and its importance in professional and personal behavior. It covers the Code’s principles, relevant rules for CPAs, and includes thought-provoking case studies to help students apply the information.

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Objectives

  • Identify reasons that practicing CPAs should continue to study ethics
  • Identify the two main actions that together comprise moral behavior
  • Identify the three core values of the accounting profession
  • Identify the four basic responsibilities outlined as General Standards of the Profession
  • Given a series of different scenarios, correctly recognize situations in which a CPA may depart from the generally accepted accounting principles when preparing a client’s financial statements

Designed For:

Practicing CPAs, both in public accounting and business and industry -- controllers, accountants, and other financial accounting personnel


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Course Information

Adding additional credit may change exam requirements.

Advanced Preparation: None