In this course, Steven Pitucci, a practicing CPA from Toronto, Canada, speaks one-on-one with Arun Mathur on the ethical dilemmas facing accountants using common artificial intelligence tools, like ChatGPT®, in the course of their work, and how we can best manage these dilemmas.

Arun Mathur, FCPA, FCA, is one of the leading presenters and thought leaders on business ethics in the CPA bodies across Canada, and has over 40 years of experience as a professional accountant, trainer, board member, and community leader.

Topics discussed:

• An overview of the role and duty of CPAs to protect the public interest
• Common ethical dilemmas that accountants generally face in practice
• Examples of how accountants are using AI tools today and their perception of AI
• Benefits that AI tools provide accountants today
• Main ethical dilemmas with using AI tools as an accountant (with reference to the CPA fundamental principles of ethics)
• Whether professional accountants should continue to use AI tools and why
• Controls we can implement to mitigate the ethical dilemmas of AI