PRACTICAL PD
Courses for Accountants

Advance your ethical judgment in today’s complex environments in this engaging course is designed and delivered by a seasoned ethics instructor who has helped over 30,000 accountants to be more ethical in his courses. Drawing on real-world experience, practical insight, and a touch of humour, the course brings ethical challenges to life in a way that is both memorable and immediately applicable. Participants will explore a wide range of relevant and thought-provoking topics, including:

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It comprises 2 ethics hours for Canadian and Bermuda CPAs.

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AGENDA

 

• Navigating peer pressure—when it helps and when it harms

• Recognizing when issues should be reported

• Telling the truth and getting into trouble

• Ethical considerations in the use of AI and client billing

• An ethics philosophy more than an organization code

• The risks of compartmentalization—why “just doing my job” isn’t enough

• Whistleblowing, self-interest, and professional integrity

• What happens if what we are selling might be unethical?

• When the non-CPA needs ethics advice

• Being phished and due care

  • ​Interactive short and extended case studies

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This session was created and is presented by a veteran CFO Stephen Priddle who has created courses that over 37,000 accountants have attended and are known for practicality, examples, and humour, who is prolific writer of published cases.  

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98% of this course content applies outside Canada, so it is of interest to accountants from anywhere in the world.

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Who will benefit

 

Anybody with an interest in ethics or needing ethics hours.

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Past feedback on the course:

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• Brilliant… I wish I knew how you come up with all this material. 

• Never attended better CPA training on any topic, not just ethics 

• Lively and informative. 

• Interesting course.

• Very engaging and interesting presentation!!

• A lot of material covered

• I liked that the case was reused multiple times to show different aspects of ethics.  It made it easier to assimilate the information!

• I absolutely loved the goose, the fox and the missing corn.  So simple and funny, yet so pertinent to what we were there to discuss. 

• The concept of compartmentalizing to explain unethical behavior was genius. I had never seen it like that before but it makes sense. 

• The use of real-world scenarios and practical examples helped make ethics discussions more engaging and relatable.

• The interactive format and willingness to solicit participant input encouraged discussion and different perspectives.

• Several of the cases raised interesting issues involving professional skepticism, governance, and ethical decision-making.

• I like the course objective summary (setting expectations), opening polling questions, and the chat activity.  It adds to the presentation to hear from other attendees without having them interrupt you as you present.

• Title is good - I coach my team to consider the "price" and live with it

• Overall, the sessions you prepare deal with practical and real-life examples of potential situations we may find ourselves in, with thought provoking discussions and guidance to navigate our real world experiences.

• Always lots of interesting cases. The ponzi scheme break out was really good - I would like more like that.

• I like the title!

• Always nice to discuss professional ethics - you have very interesting material due to all your connections!!

• Good course and time flew by again

• I enjoy the humour and the real life scenarios and also the gray as it's not always black and white. 

• It is quite powerful to think about what your price might be and easier said than done to always walk the line.  

• I do like the format with the chat as it's great to read what people are thinking as well

• The Banner case is the cornerstone of the course as it draws out many interesting and not necessarily clear answers to ethics and compliance issues.

• There are ethical issues lurking all around us. Stephen does a great job shining a light on issues from an ethics lens where the answers are not straight forward or necessarily simplistic.
  Lots of examples and stories make the course time go by quickly.  Stay the course!

• I enjoyed the session.

• Engaging, thought provoking

• In particular, I appreciated being challenged to think about how far someone is willing to remain ethical when they have personal stakes in the outcome. The discussions and examples made me reflect on my own decision-making and assumptions.
  Professor Priddle did it again—another engaging and enjoyable class on ethics. I never would have imagined that an ethics course could be so interesting, but Professor Priddle delivered three hours of fast-paced, thought-provoking case studies that kept the class engaged throughout. 

• Stimulating and thought provoking

• I liked the diversity and relevance of situations presented

• Thank you for a worthwhile well presented seminar

• I enjoyed it

• I appreciate the chat room participation as opposed to live interruptions. 

• News stories which are even more eye-popping

• Ability to keep everyone engaged (as always).

• I thought all the stories/cases were great

• This course will make you think about values, ethics, and morals.  You will think inside the box, then outside, and then wonder if the box is even there.  It makes you evaluate yourself, not only in your professional life, but your personal life as well.  Stephen embodies what it means to have a strong ethical code and to live by it. 

• Great job

• Wonderful ethics course!

• Entertaining …Some courses (not from you) put me almost to sleep

• The long case/breakout rooms was the best one yet. I found the facts easy to understand and appreciated the detailed overview of the case facts

• I liked the topic of ai efficiencies and passing those efficiencies onto client

• I don’t see how it can be improved because the way that the course is made is its own style

• t’s unlike any other course that I’ve seen so far where you take real life examples and allow us to think about them or to hear how it can be handled. This is much better than theoretical courses. Examples – that’s exactly what’s so special about your courses.

• I enjoyed it all, as someone said maybe it should even be longer ;)

• This course touches upon ethics issues that we are facing more and more today relating to foreign affairs and technology advances

• Good sense of humor and discussion to keep the audience engaged. 

• Always good to hear what dilemmas you and other participants have faced and how they approached dealing with them

• A great reminder of the ethical dilemmas that a CPA can be faced with

• Some good information on what to do if you are faced with an ethics complaint.

• I always think the real life stories are the most impactful and memorable

• Interesting and engaging ethics course that keeps you thinking about ethics in all areas of life

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