Responding to Ethical Dilemmas in the Accounting Profession
Accountants are often faced with situations that challenge their ethical principles and standards. Failure to respond to these situations appropriately can lead to severe consequences, such as legal and reputational damage. Hence, accountants must be equipped with the necessary skills and strategies to identify and respond to ethical dilemmas effectively.
Join esteemed corporate counsel Judy L. Woods (Krieg DeVault LLP) and accomplished compliance practitioner Marc Y. Tassé, MBA, FCPA, FCA, CFF (Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa) as they provide a comprehensive guide to responding to ethical dilemmas in accounting. Speakers will also discuss ethical decision-making frameworks and offer effective strategies for addressing issues.
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Of Counsel at Krieg DeVault LLP
Judy L. Woods is a member of Krieg DeVault, LLP’s Litigation Group and serves on the firm’s Professional Standards Committee. She focuses on complex commercial and “bet the company” litigation, including antitrust, class actions, shareholder and corporate governance disputes, international, finance, and business disputes, False Claim Act, fraud, RICO, and other business disputes. Prior to her entry into private law practice, Ms. Woods was employed as a strategic planning officer for a large national bank where she worked on bank mergers and acquisitions as well as strategic planning for all bank departments. Ms. Woods also worked for a private accounting firm, supervising fraud and abuse and compliance audit teams, particularly for organizations with Department of Labor contracts.
Strategic Advisor on Governance, Ethics and Financial Crime, Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa
Marc Y. Tassé, MBA, FCPA, FCA, CFF, Strategic Advisor on Governance, Ethics and Financial Crime Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa Mr. Tassé is an investigative and forensic accountant who has experience investigating and advising companies on alleged corruption, fraud, financial misconduct, and breach of fiduciary duty. As an Anti-Corruption Ethics and Compliance expert, he provides services as Independent Corporate Monitor and Independent Corporate Auditor. An award-winning lecturer in the MBA program at the Telfer School of Management and in the Common Law Section at the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Law, his current research focuses on the actual and potential effects of allegations of corruption and improper financial reporting on publicly traded companies’ market capitalization.
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