Oregon Specific Ethics Made Interesting

Learning Objectives

• To differentiate between personal and professional ethics (and law).
• To develop a fresh, updated understanding of the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct.
• To review and update CPA licensure, including CPE requirements.
• To analyze legal cases with CPA ethics implications.

Course Description

To ensure timely credit, it is recommended to complete the Oregon Ethics course before March 31st, 2024, as that is the expiration date for the course.

CPAs must seamlessly transition to a profession that relies heavily on conformance with technical and ethical standards. CPAs must seek to serve the public interest with a strong sense of character, integrity, competence, and due professional care. In addition, CPAs must appropriately safeguard any threats to independence and objectivity.  This online CPE course will provide an overview of the basic principles of the AICPA's Code of Professional Conduct with practical implementation examples.

This Ethics Course will apply to you whether you are a CPA in public practice or a business owner in Oregon. You will gain a thorough understanding of the general ethical framework, rules, standards, and illustrations of ethical issues from this course. In order to make morally good decisions and take morally upright activities, this Ethics CPE course also teaches you how to critically assess particular practices and suggestions. You will also learn the significance of the code, which is to develop into a principled professional in all facets of your career.

In this online CPE webinar, you will experience a fresh, updated understanding of the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct. 

Key topics covered in this course are:

• What Ethics Is and Isn’t?
• The Conceptual Framework of the AICPA Code of Professional Responsibility
• CPA Compliance with Regulatory Requirements
• Examples of Situations Relevant to Licensees
• Cases and Controversies

Join this CPE Ethics webinar, it covers the professional codes of conduct set by the AICPA to be practiced within the CPA's business. The revised rules and statutes set by the Oregon State Board of Accountancy are also discussed. 

Overview

• What Ethics is and isn't

  6 mins
• Ethical norms (Goal Posts)

  28 mins
• Ethics as virtuousness / Good character

  49 mins
• The underlying ethical principles, of the AICPA code of conduct tend to group into five core virtues:

  64 mins
• Understanding the conceptual framework

  84 mins
• Oregon board of accountancy administrative rules

  124 mins
• Basic requirements (Excerpt)

  160 mins
• Select Oregon cases and controversies

  209 mins