Overview:

This two-course package includes Professional Ethics – What CPAs need to know about evolving privacy risks(2.0 hrs) and Professional Ethics and Transformative Technology (2.0 hrs) a total of 4.0 Verifiable CPD hours in Ethics.

Professional Ethics: What CPAs need to know about evolving privacy risks (2.0hrs)

This on-demand course will introduce key privacy considerations, including ethical responsibilities for practitioners to effectively manage the day-to-day privacy risks they face, including:

• A review of a CPA’s ethical responsibilities with respect to client data
• Data breach mitigation techniques
• Improving client and employee confidence
• Increased understanding of the emerging trends and requirements in the privacy space

We will define private information and confidential information and illustrate through case studies the differences and obligations associated with each. This engaging on-demand course will provide effective strategies to mitigate data breach risks and improve processes to maintain privacy compliance.

Professional Ethics and Transformative Technology (2.0hrs)

Transformative technologies are defined as tech that can facilitate mental health, emotional wellbeing, and enhanced human thriving. These have also been less optimistically labelled as disruptive innovation/technology.

Today, we are beginning to feel the impacts of three transformative technologies within our society:

1. Big data
2. Artificial intelligence
3. Blockchain and cryptocurrency

These transformative technologies have the potential to help us in our day-to-day lives.  However, there are significant ethical implications to these technologies for:

• Privacy
• Professional judgement/critical thinking
• Environment, Social and Corporate Governance (ESG)

This on-demand ethics course will introduce these transformative technologies and examine their ethical implications.

4.0 hrs of verifiable Ethics CPD (Certificate will be provided upon course completion)