[Executive Education, Inc. - Seminars for Corporate Financial Managers & Management Advisory Services]

Corporate Ethics Update - II

The Two Perspectives of Whistle-blowing

So far, the greatest hero that the accounting profession has ever known is probably whistleblower Cynthia Cooper the Vice President of Internal Audit at WorldCom who was named Time Magazine's “Person of the Year” in 2002. This seminar discusses whistle-blowing from the perspective of a financial manager representing the employer as well as from the perspective of someone who may consider becoming a whistle-blowing employee.

TOPICS COVERED INCLUDE:

  • Sarbanes-Oxley Section 406
    • Ethical corporate values
    • The tone at the top
    • Developing corporate codes of conduct
  • Federal Sentencing Guidelines of 1991 & 2004
    • Preventing corporate fraud
    • Effective compliance programs
  • The False Claims Act
  • Sarbanes-Oxley Sections 301/806/1107
  • Other Whistle Blower Protection
  • Case Studies and Discussion - The seminar will include group discussion of three real-life ethics case studies.

Target Audience: Corporate Financial Managers.

Level of Knowledge: Intermediate

Area of Study: Traditional - Ethics / NASBA - Reg. Ethics

CPE Credit: 2 hours group live

Prerequisite: None

Adv. Preparation: None

Author: John L. Daly

Acronym: CEU2

Scheduling: This two hour seminar should be scheduled before our 6 hour version of Profit Improvement: Ten Tips to provide a full-day program.