Satisfy your Ethics requirement and benefit from a comprehensive review of ethics rules for the state of Virginia. This self-study webinar provides insight into the rationale and philosophy behind the rules. You’ll learn about:
- Independence, integrity and objectivity
- Professional standards
- Ways to protect yourself
- Confidential client information
To satisfy the Ethics requirement for Virginia CPAs and emphasize the need for prudent ethical judgment when interpreting the rules and determining the public interest. You’ll use case studies and discussion questions to understand how to apply the rules to real ethical dilemmas.
This course satisfies the Virginia 1/31/25 reporting requirement for Ethics.
- Ethics defined
- Moral development
- Kohlberg's Six Stages of Ethical Development
- Professional responsibility: issues for accountants
- Rules enforcement
- Causes of unethical behavior
- Independence, conflicts of interest and objectivity
- Triggers for state board disciplinary actions
- Forms of organization
- License mobility
- The future of ethics and compliance
• Identify the various definitions of ethics
• Identify the likely consequences of ethical complacency
• Recognize the stages of moral development as theorized by Kohlberg
• Identify results from specified workplace ethics surveys
• Identify the profession’s strategies designed to minimize unethical behavior by licensed CPAs
• Recognize accounting issues most likely to lead to the potential for accounting abuses
• Recognize the Boards of Accountancys’ primary consideration when disciplining a licensee