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The Accountant as the Conscience of Business


Total Credits: 2 including 2 Behavioral Ethics - Non-technical

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Categories:
Partner Produced |  Ethics
Faculty:
Albert D. Spalding Jr.
Course Levels:
Basic
Duration:
2 Hours
License:
Product Setting: Expires 30 day(s) after program date.

Dates
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Description

Accountants are routinely placed in the middle of competing forces and are called upon to sort out the ethical and regulatory priorities while at the same time providing technical and financial expertise. This workshop discusses the accountant/client & and accountant/employer & dynamics that often include serious ethical questions.

Basic Course Information

Learning Objectives
  • Gain a better understanding of the idea of "conscience" and how conversation and discourse animate ethical awareness
  • Review and think about the common tensions between accountants and their clients or employers arising from compliance requirements, including tax, NOCLAR and accounting issues
  • Observe and analyze real-world cases involving accountants who come under pressure from clients and employers while the accountants are simply doing their job with diligence and integrity

Major Subjects
  • Background: Integrity, Conscience and Discursive Ethics
  • NOCLAR, and Conversations that can Backfire
  • Whistleblower "Protection" & from the Backfire?
    o Case: Dig. Realty Tr., Inc. v. Somers
    o Case: Thomas v. Tyco Int'l Mgmt. Co., LLC
    o Case: Halliburton, Inc. v. Admin. Review Bd
    o Case: Mabry v. Andrus

Course Materials

Faculty

Albert D. Spalding Jr. Related Seminars and Products

Associate Professor

Mike Illitch School of Business Administration, Wayne State University, Detroit


Albert “Bert” is an attorney-CPA and holds the Certified in Financial Forensics (CFF) designation from the AICPA.
Professor Spalding serves on the faculty of the Department of Accounting at the Wayne State University Mike Ilitch School of Business…where he teaches business law, tax, forensic and fiduciary accounting -- as well as professional ethics -- in the MS in Accounting and MBA programs.
Bert Spalding has also served on the legal staff of the IRS National Office in Washington, D.C. where he drafted letter rulings, technical advice memoranda, revenue rulings and other pronouncements.
Dr. Spalding holds graduate degrees in accounting, law, psychology, philosophy and theology, and has authored several books and many journal articles on accounting, tax, legal and ethics-related topics. His popular SpaldingCPE seminars, webcasts and self-study courses on ethics and accounting topics are widely received around the State of Michigan as well as nationally.


Dates

Wed, Oct 23, 2024 - 12:00pm to 01:51pm EDT
Wed, Nov 06, 2024 - 09:30am to 11:21am EST
Fri, Dec 20, 2024 - 10:00am to 11:51am EST
Sat, Jan 11, 2025 - 10:00am to 11:51am EST
Tue, Feb 11, 2025 - 02:00pm to 03:51pm EST
Tue, Mar 11, 2025 - 11:00am to 12:51pm EDT
Wed, Apr 23, 2025 - 03:00pm to 04:51pm EDT
Fri, May 23, 2025 - 09:00am to 10:51am EDT
Tue, Jun 10, 2025 - 01:00pm to 02:51pm EDT
Thu, Jul 24, 2025 - 10:00am to 11:51am EDT
Mon, Aug 11, 2025 - 12:00pm to 01:51pm EDT
Sat, Sep 27, 2025 - 09:30am to 11:21am EDT

Additional Info

Basic Course Information

Prerequisites

None


Advanced Preparation

None


Designed For

Accounting and finance professionals and managers


Original Recording Date

09/2024


Yellow Book

No


Course Developer

MICPA


Date Added to Catalog 08/2024

Additional Information

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Official Registry Statement

Business Professionals' Network, Inc. is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: www.nasbaregistry.org


Instructional Delivery Method

Group Internet Based


Course Registration Requirements

Online Registration


Refund/Cancellation Policy

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