Professional Conduct and Ethics Course Offerings

California Professional Conduct and Ethics (PC&E)

On-Line COURSE Summary


THIS COURSE IS DESIGNED FOR:

  • California CPA firms desiring a comprehensive ethical and legal liability sensitivity training workshop for both partners and general staff employees.
  • Quality Control Partners of California CPA firms reviewing and updating their internal CPA firm ethical principles and procedures.
  • Individual CPAs desiring to meet the California State Board of Accountancy requirement of 8 hours of CE covering state-specific Professional Ethics and Conduct for CPAs/CAs.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

  • Review CPA responsibilities and conduct described in the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and California State Board of Accountancy's (CSBA) Code of Ethics.
  • How to identify ethical issues involved in making professional accounting decisions.
  • How to recognize the considerations in analysis and resolution of ethical dilemmas.
  • How to apply ethical rules and guidelines to public accounting situations.
  • Review dozens of actual reported cases and protective engagement forms.

YOU WILL GAIN:

  • An increased sensitivity towards accounting ethical issues and dilemmas.
  • More confidence in your personal and professional ethical judgments.
  • An analytical system for quantifying a particular engagement's ethical and legal risk and how to apply related risk reduction techniques.
  • Knowledge about ethical system risk mitigation for clients with internal control deficiencies.
  • 13.5 hours of NASBA QAS approved CPE Credit (of Regulatory Ethics). 8 of the hours have been approved by the California State Board of Accountancy as meeting their 6-year professional conduct and ethics requirement.

    • Rigos Professional Education Programs is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy as a Quality Assurance Service (QAS) sponsor of continuing professional education. Participating state boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding QAS program sponsors may be addressed to NASBA, 150 Fourth Avenue North, Suite 700, Nashville, TN 37219-2417. Web site: www.nasba.org.

  • National Registry of CPE Sponsors self-study CPE credit - 13.5 hours of Regulatory Ethics

    • Rigos Professional Education Programs is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be addressed to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors, 150 Fourth Avenue North, Suite 700, Nashville, TN 37219-2417. Web site: www.nasba.org

FORMAT:

  • Overview Level - No prerequisites - Advanced preparation not required.
  • Interactive on-line course - Questions and answers participation required to assess student progress and provide significant on-going feedback.

AUTHOR INFORMATION:

  • Jim Rigos is an accountant (CPA-CMA) and an attorney (JD, LLM) who graduated from Boston University Law School. He has written and lectured widely in the area of individual, professional and CPA firm ethics and legal liability.
  • He is an experienced mediator/arbitrator and a past member of AICPA’s Accountants Legal Liability Task Force. He also serves as a National Director of the American Association of Attorney-CPAs and is past President of the Washington State chapter.
  • He has personally handled over 200 legal-ethical cases involving CPAs in the last 23 years.

Format

  • This is an overview level course with no prerequisites. No advanced preparation is necessary.
  • Questions and answers are interspersed into the course material to make it interactive.

REFUND POLICY:

  • All sales are final. No refunds will be granted after your registration is submitted.
  • For more information regarding administrative policies such as complaint and refund, please contact our offices at 206-624-0716.

RECOMMENDED FOLLOW-UP COURSES:

  • Ethics in Corporate USA
  • Independence for CPA Firms

This course is offered in an on-line format for $110 that can be accessed at AccountingEthics.com.

To order the self-study workbook course ($110 plus $6 shipping and handling), click on the order form below.

If you would like more information on our in-house ethics workshops, please contact us at 206-624-0716 or send an e-mail to:

e-mail: rigos@rigos.net

Links to State Board CPE Rules

GOOD ETHICS IS GOOD BUSINESS