Ethics for Kansas

Course Description:

This is an ethics course for Kansas covering standards of professional conduct and business practices adhered to by accountants such as CPAs in order to enhance their profession and maximize idealism, justice and fairness when dealing with the public, clients and other members of their profession. It also presents an approach – the threats and safeguards approach –to coping with ethical dilemmas. Also included are some cases of AICPA ethics violations. It fulfills the 2 hour annual ethics requirement.

Learning Objectives:

Upon successful completion of this course, participants will be able to:

• Recognize ethical reasoning used by accountants
• Identify different principles and rules of the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct
• Identify independence and objectivity issues
• Recognize ethical standards and violations