Course Description:

This course will examine specific areas of the CPA code of professional conduct (“code”) and use case studies to highlight key learning objectives. This presentation will also introduce a critical thinking methodology applied to an ethical decision-making framework. Finally, we will explore events relevant to the professional to understand how to apply lessons learned to deepen our ethical decision-making framework.

Course publication date:  January 1, 2020

Learning objectives

After completion of this course, participants will be able to:

1. Identifying 1 principle of the IESBA code of ethics
2. List 1 one element of designing an ethical organization
3. List the 3 factors that correlate to a team’s collective intelligence.
4. Identify factors that increase collective intelligence.
5. Identify factors that decrease collective intelligence
6. List one of Kolberg’s stages of moral development
7. List the ABCs of critical thinking
8. Identify 1 of Edward DeBono’s six hats
9. Identify 1 reason that artificial intelligence is developing so quickly
10. Identifying 1 key process in decision making that combines AI and human judgement.

1. Program Level: Basic
2. Program pre-requisites: There are no prerequisites for this course
3. Advance preparation: None
4. Delivery method: QAS Self Study
5. CPE credits: Participants will earn 2.0 CPE credits in the field of study of behavioral ethics
6. Refunds and cancellations: Sheriff Consulting will issue refunds for courses cancelled by participants no later than 24 hours before the start time of the program. For more information regarding refund, complaint, and/or program cancellation, please contact our offices: garthonline@sheriffconsulting.com

Sheriff Consulting is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: www.NASBARegistry.org.