AICPA Code of Conduct in the Real World

Learning Objectives

• To recognize and critically analyze real-world conflicts of interest. 
• To identify circumstances that involve threats to Code compliance by professionals. 
• To improve skills in developing safeguards against non-compliance.
• To review and apply the interpretation under the Integrity and Objectivity Rule 1.180.010 regarding responding to noncompliance with laws and regulations.

Course Description

The myCPE Ethics course satisfies the CPE requirements for ethics while also advancing your professional knowledge. We are a top supplier of CPE courses in ethics. The ethics standards for CPAs, tax preparers, and other accounting and finance professionals are met by our AICPA ethics CPE webinars. MyCPE ethics CPE courses highlight important ethical criteria with applicable, real-world examples to make them easy to comprehend.

Whether you are a CPA in public practice or business, the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct applies to you. This course summarizes nearly two hundred pages of the code, giving you a clear and concise understanding of its overall framework, principles, rules, standards, and examples of ethical conflicts.

This Ethics CPE course also teaches you to evaluate specific procedures and recommendations so that your decision-making and actions are ethically sound. More importantly, you will gain insight into the meaning behind the code: the formation of a principled professional in all aspects of your career. Since the AICPA code is used as a benchmark for state codes, this course will be useful in preparing you to meet state requirements as well.

CPAs must seamlessly transition to a profession that relies heavily on conformance with technical and ethical standards. It is critical for CPAs to 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.

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

Major Topics Covered in this Ethics CPE Webinar:

• The AICPA Code of Professional Responsibility 
• AICPA Principles
• AICPA Rules
• AICPA Conceptual Framework
• Real-world case studies that highlight specific challenges to Code compliance
• Interpretations Under the Integrity and Objectivity Rule 1.180.010

This 4-hour course uses practical "Case in Point" examples to provide a hands-on application of the material. Ideal for CPAs who need a general professional ethics requirement (i.e., those in all states except those that require a state-specific ethics course).

Overview

• AICPA code of professional conduct

  10 mins
• Principles and Rules

  33 mins
• Threats and Safeguards

  44 mins
• Case: Chicago Insurance Company vs. Capwill

  72 mins
• Hearing at office of administrative hearings

  93 mins
• Red flags that point to money laundering

  119 mins
• Summary of threats

  161 mins
• Ethical culpability v. Legal culpability

  188 mins
• Technical definition of "NOCLAR" issue

  204 mins