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Surgent's Ethics for the Industry Accountant

Tuesday, August 6
 9:00am - 12:30pm

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4.00 Credits

Member Price $179.00

Non-Member Price $244.00

Overview

While ethics training is required by many states, the true value of the CPA license is in understanding how critically important ethical behavior is to our customers, our firms, and the public. This course will explore the basic tenets of ethical behavior and use case studies to explore ethical dilemmas in various companies and organizations with a focus on dilemmas that may face CPAs in the industry.

Objectives

  • Identify and understand critical thinking errors as they relate to ethical dilemmas
  • Understand the professional code of ethics and conduct
  • Be familiar with the new AICPA Ethics Codification
  • Recognize the impact of ethical and unethical conduct on our profession
  • Understand the common types of fraud in business and identify red flags of fraud

Highlights

  • What are ethics?
  • Why study ethics?
  • Ethical responsibilities of CPAs
  • Professional code of ethics and conduct
  • AICPA Codification – updated
  • Ethical dilemmas
  • CPA vision
  • Real disciplinary cases to illustrate critical points

Designed For

Finance and accounting professionals, particularly CPAs in industry

Prerequisites

None

Preparation

None

Notice

To access this program, log into your CTCPA account at https://www.ctcpas.org/my-cpe/upcoming and click on the orange “Launch Event” button.

Leader(s):

Leader Bios

Frank Ryan, F.X. Ryan & Associates, LTD

<p.Frank Ryan is president of a management consulting firm specializing in turnarounds, workouts, crisis management, strategic planning and working capital management. He has extensive experience working with banks in negotiating forbearance agreements, loan workouts, capital restructurings, vendor negotiations and bank lending requirements.

Prior to his consulting business, Mr. Ryan was the chief operating officer of a mid-sized manufacturing company. Additionally, he is the chairman of the Audit Committees of two publicly traded companies and has extensive board level experience in the for-profit and non-profit arenas.

He is a retired Colonel in the United States Marine Corps, and has served in numerous contingency operations to include Haiti, Afghanistan, and Iraq. He received the “Outstanding AICPA Instructor” award in 1994-95 and again in 2005-06.

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Non-Member Price $244.00

Member Price $179.00