Navigating Ethical Challenges
Overview
How to identify and respond to challenging situations with confidence.
As an accounting professional, it’s more important than ever to be acutely aware of your ethical responsibilities.
This session will explore a variety of scenarios to assist you in identifying situations that are likely to present ethical challenges in practice. We’ll also discuss how to respond appropriately where such circumstances may lead to an increased risk of compromising your ethical obligations.
The suggested approach will include reference to a Framework to apply when navigating ethical challenges and guidance on how to best respond to these challenges.
Scenarios that may present ethical challenges in practice include:
- Long-standing clients
- Fee dependencies
- Pressures that arise around statutory reporting deadlines
- Client acceptance
- Self-interest threats
- Conflicts of interest
- Breach of confidentiality
Webinar Learning Outcomes:
You will gain an understanding of the ethical challenges that might confront accounting professionals in practice as well as a methodology that can be applied to respond appropriately and avoid comprising professional integrity.
Suited to:
All members of the accounting profession to whom the professional obligations and ethical requirements contained in APES 110 Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants (including Independence Standards) (the Code) apply.
You will also be provided with:
- PowerPoint Slide Deck
- Searchable Transcript
- Any Supporting Documentation
- Webinar Recording to view multiple times for up to 6 months
- Q&A Session & follow up contact details
- CPD Quiz & Certificate
Course syllabus
2 lessons
- Video – Navigating Ethical ChallengesVideo
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Your presenter
Willem Olivier,BDO Australia
Director – Risk and Ethics, BDO.
Willem leads the National Risk and Ethics team at BDO Australia, which includes responsibility for supporting the firms in all activities that relate to Independence, Conflicts of Interest and Ethics, Regulatory compliance activities and Quality Risk Management.
Willem has over 15 years of experience in the auditing and accounting profession, with both practical experience on a wide range of clients and in the technical field across both South Africa and Australia.