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

1/2 day seminar

Ethics for Financial Managers

Professional Conduct for Management Accountants

"The ethics seminar that all others will be measured against"

When ethics continuing professional education became required in many states, Executive Education set the goal of developing the ethics seminar that all others would be measured against. This 4 hour seminar approaches ethics from the viewpoint of corporate financial managers, keeping the topics of ethics interesting and fast moving through the liberal use of case studies and group discussion.

Topics include:

  • Applicability of Professional Standards to Management Accountants
    • AICPA Code of Professional Conduct
    • IMA Standards of Ethical Conduct
    • Federal Laws
    • State/Provincial Ethical Rules
  • Ethical codes of other groups
  • Ethical principles:
    • Confidentiality
    • Integrity
    • Competence
    • Due Care
  • The conflict between ethical principles and the rules governing financial managers
  • Resolution of ethical conflicts
  • Just because no laws were broken does not mean it is right
  • Why You Never Saw Charles Bronson Cast as a Hero Accountant

The course material includes group discussion of four real-life case studies involving management accountants.

"I never thought an ethics seminar would be this interesting"
(Grand Rapids, Michigan attendee)

Target Audience: Accountants not in public practice

Level of Knowledge: Intermediate

Area of Study: Ethics/Personal Development

CPE Credit: 4 Hours

Prerequisite: None

Author: John L. Daly

Acronym: EFFM

Note: This half-day seminar should normally be scheduled the morning after one of our full day seminars or with two half-day sessions on the same day. Profit Improvement or Corporate Ethics Update may be scheduled as a second session on the same day.