This course provides veteran smarts to deal with ethical dilemmas faced by accountants in industry through real-life cases. It is taught by an active CFO who has faced many ethics issues.
This course is different from most ethics courses in its practicality and examples and coverage, taught by an active CFO who has faced many real-life ethics issues. Past attendees can best describe what the course teaches and their reaction to it:
-Ethics webinars can be cheesy but this one was good that it tied back to real-world experiences -Very engaging, fast-paced & informative -I like the concrete examples of dealing with CEOs re ethics -Could recognize that Stephen was also a very experienced, knowledgeable, and ethically strong accountant -I currently have an ethical issue that I have to deal with at work & I think this course led me to have a good idea as to how to approach -He knew what accountants face, whether as an entry accountant or CFO -Your messages on ethics was most helpful -Ethics discussion, very practical thought evoking discussion -Strong ethics direction, lots of examples, practical implementation, resources -Stephen is an excellent instructor for this course... broad experience / well organized/exemplary character! -Very practical cases were reviewed -Great takeaway: forecast vs. projection -Real life examples kept it relevant and interesting -Very relatable
This course includes 2 hours of CPA Ethics.
Stephen Priddle, CPA, CA, CMA is the President and Founder of Practical PD, Courses for Accountants. Stephen is also the Vice-President, Finance & CFO of Fidus Analytics Inc. In addition, he is a Board member, co-owner and Corporate Secretary of the SureWx group of companies, a global aviation business, which he was the CFO for 12 years previously. An engaging and experienced instructor, Stephen Priddle weaves practical tips together with stories from his business experience and input from participants. Seasoning the mix with a dose of accounting humour, he serves up useful and dynamic courses which have been attended by over 36,000. When speaking, he is candid about errors he has made in his career and the lessons that can be learned from them. Someone said: “humans are hard-wired to learn from stories” – Stephen is in part a business/accounting storyteller, who draws out the lessons from the stories. Stephen’s teaching experience includes presenting courses for over 70 accounting bodies and organizations in Canada and abroad. He has been a Session Leader in the CPA Professional Education Program, and has taught at the University of Toronto and Carleton University. He has moderated in the legacy CA, CMA and CGA program. Stephen is a prolific author. His published business, accounting and finance cases are used by many organizations. Stephen has nearly 40 years of varied business experience. After working with KPMG for five years, he moved into industry, where he has worked for public and private companies. He has gained a wide range of experience in financial reporting, treasury management, merger & acquisition and other business matters. Through his courses, he interacts with hundreds of financial leaders a year and thus stays on the leading edge in terms of best practices and hot topics. Stephen obtained his CPA, CA and CMA designations following graduation from Carleton University with an Honours Bachelor of Commerce degree, accounting major.
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.
