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Unethical business practices harm organizations and economies. Large-scale business failures such as Enron—as well as the more recent failures related to the global financial crisis—highlight the consequences of unethical business practices and amoral management. Professional accountants, as stewards of transparency and trust, and subject to a professional code of ethics, have a key role to play not only in upholding but in encouraging and influencing ethical behavior and decision making within their organizations. See the full overview.
New—and Important—Role for Professional Accountants in Assessing Human Rights Risk
by Tanya Barman, Associate Director, Ethics, Chartered Institute of Management Accountants | July 21, 2016
The intersection of human rights and business is an important emerging area that no business can afford to ignore, and assessing and addressing potential risk is clearly also a role for the professional accountant .
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Developing the IFAC SMP Committee Response: Proposed Changes to the IESBA Code Regarding Long Association
The IFAC SMP Committee seeks feedback in developing our response to the IESBA’s Exposure Draft, Proposed Changes to Certain Provisions of the Code Addressing the Long Association of Personnel with an Audit or Assurance Client, which is open for...
by Albert Au, IFAC SMP Committee Member and Ethics Task Force Chair, and Christopher Arnold, Technical Manager, SME & SMP Affairs, IFAC | September 24, 2014How Do You Self Identify? Professional Identity and Balancing Competing Interests
Over time professional accountants in business, hired for their professionalism and independent judgment, may identify with their organization more than their profession, which can be a problem.
by Eva Tsahuridu, Policy Adviser Professional Standards and Governance, CPA Australia | September 15, 2014Epictetus and the Importance of Reason before Ethics
Epictetus, a Greek Stoic philosopher who lived in the early second century AD, argued our capacity to reason provides the basis to recognize many ethical truths, so what would he say to the accountants of today regarding professional ethics codes?
by Eli R. Khazzam, Senior Professional, Economic Development & Emerging Technologies. | August 13, 2014Developing the SMP Committee Response: The Code of Ethics and Non-Assurance Services for Audit Clients
The IFAC SMP Committee is seeking feedback on their preliminary views in response to the IESBA’s Exposure Draft on proposed changes to the Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants addressing non-assurance services for audit clients.
by Christopher Arnold, Head of SME/SMP and Research, IFAC | July 22, 2014Weaving Ethics into the Conversation: The IESBA Code and Ethical Norming
With an almost universal recognition of the connection between ethical behavior and economic growth, it is time for corporate leaders—and professional accountants—to stop lagging behind and pay attention.
by Tanya Barman, Associate Director, Ethics, Chartered Institute of Management Accountants | June 18, 2014News and Resources
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