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Preventing Unethical Behaviour in your Accounting Firm

Practical Guidance on bringing about Ethical Corporate Culture

Created byArun Mathur
IntermediateUpdated Jan 19, 2023

What You'll Learn

  • check_circleUnderstand the value of ethical workplace culture.
  • check_circleRecognize the ROI of ethical business practices.
  • check_circleLearn how to implement ethical safeguards.
  • check_circleExplore the accountant’s role in promoting ethics.
  • check_circleIdentify common ethical risks in organizations.
  • check_circleGain tools to influence ethical behavior at all levels.

About This Course

This course provides professional accountants with practical guidance on how to foster and maintain an ethical corporate culture. You'll explore the link between ethics and long-term organizational success, including how ethical behavior enhances trust, reduces risk, and boosts performance. The course highlights real-world strategies for embedding ethical practices across departments and leadership levels.

Participants will also examine the return on investment of ethical workplace practices and gain a deeper understanding of the role accountants play in shaping organizational integrity. From everyday decision-making to broader cultural change, this course equips you with the tools to lead ethically and influence others to do the same.

Course Content

2 activities • 2 videos • duration: 1h 16m

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Video-Part12 videos • 1.3 hours
  • videocamPreventing Unethical Behaviour - Video
    Duration 70:17
  • videocamUpdate Message from Arun (optional)
    Duration 5:56
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Quiz-Part11 quiz

Your Instructor

Arun Mathur

Lead Instructor, FCPA, FCA

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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.

Credit Information

Is this course eligible for my CPD requirements as a Canadian CPA?

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.

What Students Are Saying

4.5 out of 5
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399 reviews
  • GZ
    Guoling Z.
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    well designed

  • VL
    Valentyna L.
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    Very good overview. Very clear and up to the point.

  • TB
    Tibor B.
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    Presenter dealt with key issues about a challenging subject within corporations that go astray. Well presented.

  • GL
    Gilles L.
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    I don't disagree with the content . A couple of suggestions - I think we need to define the word Unethical . That will mean different things to different people. If I introduce the word - "competitive" . I want a competitive culture - Is that at Odds ? it may . I believe its a bit of a stretch to equate ethics to honesty . An honest employee wanting to help a guest is likely to engage in as much unethical behavior as any one - for instance helping a guest find a friend and ignoring strict confidentiality protocal. We need to better define what we mean by ethical.

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We are a registered provider with 300+ associations and regulatory bodies worldwide. We operate across 27 global markets including Canada, the US, Australia, and the UK. Every course page clearly displays its specific accreditations. Upon completion, you receive a professional certificate that can be validated online. Our certificates include all necessary accreditation details, credit hours, and completion dates, and are formatted specifically to meet the submission requirements of most global regulatory bodies.

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