PRACTICAL PD
Courses for Accountants

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This course is different from most ethics courses in its practicality and examples and coverage, taught by an active CFO who has faced many real-life ethics issues and many realistic cases are discussed. 

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It comprises 2 ethics hours for Canadian CPAs.

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AGENDA

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• Ethics in society and do people trust accountants?

• Who was the greatest Canadian business/accounting crook of all time?

• Are there gray areas?

• The “I was just following orders” excuse

• Ethically difficult situations and working outside Canada

• Making your ethical standards known internally

• Ethics analysis and resolution principles applied

• Get them to put it in writing

• Whistleblower lines and codes of conduct

• Invoicing games         

• Bank reporting ethics

• Ethics and FOFI – a solution

• Illegal practices

• Management over-ride         

• Small business tax fraud

• Procurement fraud

• Caught in a family feud

• This should not have been approved

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This course is a 2 hour  topical extract from the course Practical Tips for Controllers & CFOs - The Case Course

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This session was created and is presented by a veteran CFO Stephen Priddle who has created courses that nearly 28,000 accountants have attended and are known for practicality, examples, and humour, who is prolific writer of published cases.  

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80% of the course content applies outside Canada, so it is of interest to accountants from anywhere in the world.

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Who will benefit

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Anybody with an interest in ethics or needing ethics hours.

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Feedback on the video

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• Excellent course. Steve is a really engaging speaker and the content was very interesting.

• There were some topics that really hit home for me, especially things I thought were "grey area" but now see you have to move to either black or white.

• Taking this course reminded me of several situations in my career that I should have used the Whistle blowers line or contacted someone from outside the organization. In the end, each situation was identified, but unfortunately, not by me.

• I appreciated the very applicable real-world examples. A good reminder that there are options on the path to do the right thing.

• Great and interesting examples!

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Webinar and in-person feedback

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• Ethics webinars can be cheesy but this one was good that it tied back to real-world experiences

• Very engaging, fast-paced & informative

• I like the concrete examples of dealing with CEOs re ethics

• Could recognize that Stephen was also a very experienced, knowledgeable, and ethically strong accountant

• I currently have an ethical issue that I have to deal with at work & I think this course led me to have a good idea as to how to approach 

• He knew what accountants face, whether as an entry accountant or CFO

• Your messages on ethics was most helpful 

• Ethics discussion, very practical thought evoking discussion

• Strong ethics direction, lots of examples, practical implementation, resources

• Stephen is an excellent instructor for this course... broad experience / well organized/exemplary character!

• Very practical cases were reviewed

• Great takeaway: forecast vs. projection

• Real life examples kept it relevant and interesting

• Very relatable

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