Ethics: Avoiding the Slippery Slope of Ethical Pressures – Part 1
In this course, we will start by evaluating your ethical views with an ethical quiz, discuss various definitions of ethics, and review the AICPA’s definition of ethics. The second half will address why ethics is so complicated – including pressures, right-vs-right-dilemmas, and blind spots that prevent us from seeing ethical issues.
Format
Online
NASBA Field of Study
Behavioral Ethics
Level
Basic
CPE Credits
2
Author(s)
Jennifer H. Elder
Availability
1 year
Product Number
BLISSETHICS123SSO
You may want to be on the nightly news, but not for an egregious breach of ethics. You may be saying, “that will never happen to me.” And those were the words spoken by Wells Fargo, United Airlines, Senator Al Franken, and Steve Wynn. Sadly, a claim of an ethical failure stays in the news for almost 5 years. Long enough to damage your reputation and lower your profitability.
In this course we will start by evaluating your ethical views with an ethical quiz, discuss various definitions of ethics, and review the AICPA’s definition of ethics. The second half will address why ethics is so complicated – including pressures, right-vs-right-dilemmas, and blind spots that prevent us from seeing ethical issues.
Who Will Benefit
CPAs in public and private practice
Key Topics
- Benefits of ethical behavior
- What makes ethics harder than we think
- Example of unethical behavior in ethical companies
Learning Outcomes
- Recognize the benefits of being ethical
- Recognize ways we all behave unethically (and still think we are ethical)
- Distinguish ethical difficulties including right vs right dilemmas and external pressures
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