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.
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