Overview 

Professional behaviour is an all-encompassing concept that covers one's interactions with fellow colleagues, customers as well as leadership. It also gives guidance on how one performs their duties.

The cornerstone of every accounting practitioner's professional behaviour is their professional body's Code of Professional Conduct. Therefore, all professional bodies make it compulsory for their members to follow the Code of Professional Conduct. Oftentimes as professionals, the biggest tension and root of the many dilemmas we face is trying to balance professionalism with commercialism. The Code of Professional Conduct is our go-to document that helps to ensure we deal with these dilemmas correctly and maintain our professionalism.

Join us in our collaboration with Caryn Maitland CA(SA) as we present a 4-part ethics series

that dissects the subject of ethics for the accounting practitioner. Caryn presents this final instalment on 28 September 2022 from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

Learning objectives

By attending this webinar you will gain the following competencies:

• Distinguish between ethical principles and rules of professional conduct.
• Apply the fundamental ethical principles of integrity, objectivity, due care, confidentiality, and professional behaviour when rendering services.
• Use fairness and non-discriminatory principles when dealing with internal and external stakeholders.
• Identify threats and apply appropriate safeguards such as judgement and professional scepticism.
• Understand the procedures involved when one must report ethical issues to professional bodies, legal and/or regulatory authorities.

Content

The webinar will cover the following topics:

• What are professional ethics?
• The 5 fundamental principles:
  • Integrity.
  • Objectivity.
  • Due care.
  • Confidentiality.
  • Professional behaviour.
• Protecting public interest.
• The importance of independence.
• Threats to our principles.
• How to safeguard our ethics.
• Our reporting obligations.
• Other challenges to being a professional.

Obtaining your CPD certificate

This training is compliant with the International Education Standard (IES7) issued by the International Federation of Accountants and recognised for CPD by relevant professional bodies including ACCA, CIMA, IAC, IIA, SAIBA, SAICA and SAIPA.

All attendees are issued with a CPD certificate available in an online profile.

About the presenter

Caryn Maitland CA(SA)

Caryn Maitland is a Chartered Accountant (SA). She has been a member of IRBA as a registered auditor and accountant since 2002 and is also a registered member of SAICA.

Caryn has lectured Auditing and Accounting at various institutions and has conducted independent workshops and seminars for professional accountants since 2006 on various topics.

Caryn has presented on the national tour for the annual Legislation Update with ProBeta Training (Pty) Ltd in 2014 and 2015, as well as on the FASSET national tour for the Tax Administration Act in 2014.  She is also involved with the annual SAICA SMP Technical tour.

Who should attend?

The following persons will benefit from attending this webinar:

• Professional accountants including: CA(SA), Professional Accountant (SA), AGA(SA), FCCA, BAP(SA), BA(SA) and ACCA.
• Registered auditors.
• Bookkeepers.
• Accounting officers.
• Trainee accountants.

Price           

• R 450.00 - Online admission - Individual.
• Group Price 1 - R950 (maximum of 5 attendees)
• Group Price 2 - R1 850 (maximum of 10 attendees)
• Group Price 3 - R2 650 (maximum of 15 attendees    

Steps to register for the event:

If you already have a profile, login and register for the webinar.

If you don’t have a profile, create a free profile then login and register for the webinar.

Click here to create a free profile (There is no charge to create a profile and gain access to our free Monthly Practice Management Series).

Click here to find out about the Technical Resource Centre & CPD Subscription options.

Additional material

By attending this webinar you will be provided with:

• A summarised slide presentation.
• Reference documents and/or course material where available.
• You can ask questions during the webinar and you will also have access to the presenter after the webinar.