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2023 The Accountant’s Personal Ethics: Compulsory Annual CPD Activity

This webinar on demand is part of a series of webinars. Click here to read more

Overview   

Accountability is a basic trait expected of every professional, more so where one's job involves dealing with people's investments and finances as accountants do.   

Watching your ethical behaviour is very important because not only does it affect you personally, but it also affects your business or employer and the industry at large. It involves a lot more than "knowing what is right to do" and therefore, its full understanding requires us to investigate it from the following viewpoints:  

• Personal ethics. 

• Business ethics. 

• Professional ethics. 

Personal ethics are the basis upon which one deals with people and situations on a daily basis. They are derived from one's life experiences, work experience and training. It is therefore logical in our examination of ethics, to start at this personal level and then build outwards from there. We invite you to join Caryn Maitland CA(SA) on 27 July 2023 from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. in this first of a 3-part series where she discusses personal ethics and how they form the foundational basis for business and professional ethics.

This webinar is the first one in our 3-part series exploring personal ethics, business ethics, and professional ethics. Access the complete series here.

Learning objectives  

By attending this webinar you will gain the following competencies: 

• Working knowledge of the importance of ethical conduct and the relevance to society. 

• Awareness of how personal ethics are developed and moulded by society. 

• Ability to perform an introspective approach that searches one's own personal ethics.  

• Know how to consider honesty, integrity and accountability when interacting with others. 

• Understand the threats that challenge the accountant’s personal ethics and know how to respond to applicable threats. 

Content  

The webinar will cover the following topics:  

• What is ethics?  

• The importance of ethics in society.  

• How ethics develop. 

• Theories of ethics.  

• Personal ethics - an introspection. 

• Threats and challenges. 

• How personal affects business and professional ethics.