Ethics in Today’s World and Practical Application Tips

Overview

The topic of ethics has seemed to permeate every aspect of today’s business including occupying a significant spot in today’s business, educational and professional curriculum. Yet with all the discussion and awareness on the topic, why is it that significant ethical dilemmas and incidents continue to impact our daily lives?

The concept of ethics is based in moral philosophy. In part, that is why it is such a difficult issue to “manage”. We often get caught between our independent moral ethical duty, the legal or compliance viewpoint of an issue and management concerns around reputation and ramifications.

This course is dedicated to examining a time-line of historical ethical issues that have plagued the business world, evaluating the moral and perceived concepts around ethics, and taking a practical look at how moral and ethical concepts impact the creation of an ethical culture.

Objectives

• Explore a time-line of business ethical issues
• Define the perceived and real definition of ethics
• Practice scenario incidents and questions to “test your response” to an ethical situation
• Evaluate risk factors for identifying ethical dilemmas

Highlights

• Explore a time-line of business ethical issues and understand the "why's around their occurrence"
• Evaluate ethical theories
• Explore risk factors for identifying ethical situations
• Practical tips for profiling and dealing with ethical culture
• Practice you knowledge with real-life ethical scenarios

Designed For

CPAs in public practice and anyone in business, industry or government  

Prerequisites

None

Preparation

None

Notice

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