Why your professional integrity is your greatest asset in a world of automated disruption.
In this Age of AI, CPAs faced a rapidly changing and disruptive work environment. This course discusses how to use our ethical compass and relates ethical business practices to the core purpose of our profession. It presents a framework for dealing with challenging ethical dilemmas. The objective is to reduce the risk of unethical behaviour by taking steps that lead to improved performance of the member’s organization.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
Outline the most important components of the course. Bullet points (4-6)
The return on investment from ethical business practices.
Ethics in the accounting profession and the Code of Professional Conduct.
A framework for dealing with unethical situations.
The importance of ethical leadership and corporate culture.
Emerging issues – the implications of AI and ESG.
WHO WILL BENEFIT
This course will benefit CPAs working in all sectors, regardless of their level of experience.
CPAs concerned about the ethical implications of AI will also benefit from taking this course.
WHY IS THIS COURSE IMPORTANT FOR CPAs:
CPAs are faced with increased need to deal with ethical dilemmas in the workplace. It is important to know how to deal with these dilemmas and make the best decisions. Because this directly impacts the long term success of any organization. It is also necessary for our profession to fulfill its obligation of protecting the public interest.
Lead Instructor, FCPA, FCA
Arun Mathur, FCPA, FCA, LPA has over 35 years of teaching and corporate training experience. He is a retired Partner at Gerald Duthie & Co. LLP, where he provided professional services to a diverse group of clients. Arun is also Owner and Lead Instructor at UltimQuest Knowledge Inc., offering corporate training on improving governance, ethics, internal control, performance measurement and related topics. He provides live and online training through CPA bodies across Canada and Bermuda. Arun served for several years on the Board for HealthForce Ontario Marketing and Recruitment Agency, and was also Chair of the Finance and Audit Committee there and for the Trillium Gift of Life Network. He has served on the CMA Ontario's Review Committee prior to the merger as well.
Provincial regulators of CPAs in Canada do not require that independent providers of CPD be approved to offer courses. Instead, individual CPAs are responsible for assessing whether a CPD activity meets their requirements, and may take activities from any source provided those requirements are met.
Every course offered on LearnFormula is delivered by a qualified subject matter expert or learning organization, and advances learning objectives that are relevant to the responsibilities or professional competencies of Canadian CPAs. All activities on LearnFormula are quantifiable in terms of hours, and are also verifiable, in that users receive documented evidence of their attendance via a certificate of completion after finishing a course (and this certificate is stored by LearnFormula indefinitely). Nearly 100,000 Canadian CPAs successfully satisfy their CPD requirements via LearnFormula on an annual basis.
