Ethics for Accountants

Overview:

You will explore more than two dozen new recent stories of CPAs who have broken the rules including what led them to do it, as well as the reasons why they received the sanctions they got. This will include a million dollar case of personal income tax and GST fraud, a CFO who swindled the insurance company she worked for of over $3 million, a CPA who withheld funds form a client because they made a complaint, and a CPA who miserably failed a practice inspection. As well as new sections on the Bernie Madoff and the QuadrigaCX cryptocurrency platform frauds.

Course Content:

In this course, you will gain knowledge about the following topics:

• Learn about the oversight and disciplinary process, as well as the Code of Conduct for CPA Ontario, BC and Alberta
• Conduct a deep dive into violations by rule of professional conduct for the province of Ontario as well as the cases for BC and Alberta
• Discover the top seven broken rules of Ontario’s Code of Conduct that account for the 90% of the disciplinary cases since 1987
• Dozens of detailed stories of CPAs who have broken the rules including what led them to do it, as well as the reasons why they received the sanctions they got

Learning Objectives:

Upon completing this course, you should be able to:

• Learn and understand the rules of professional conduct along with the oversight and disciplinary process
• Leave with a full understanding of what is and what is not acceptable behaviour so you can stay on side of the rules

Who Will Benefit: 

Those interested in learning all about the rules of professional conduct for CPAs.