Mastering Your Ethical Intelligence (Video) (Course Id 2804)

• Who is this course for?
  This course is designed for anyone needing Continuing Professional Education (CPE), including CPAs and accounting professionals seeking to strengthen their ethical awareness.
• What is this course about or what problem does this course solve?
  This course focuses on developing ethical intelligence by addressing modern ethical challenges, including how shifting societal values and everyday behaviors can lead to ethical risks in personal and professional life.
• How can the knowledge from this course be used?
  The knowledge can be applied to improve ethical decision-making, analyze real-world situations using ethical principles, and foster stronger ethical behavior within both personal conduct and organizational environments.
• Why is this course important to a CPA or Accountant?
  This course is important because it helps CPAs and accountants minimize professional and personal risk by strengthening ethical judgment, which is critical in maintaining trust, credibility, and compliance in today’s highly scrutinized environment.
• When is this course relevant or timely?
  This course is especially relevant in today’s environment where social media, public scrutiny, and evolving societal norms can quickly amplify ethical missteps and impact careers.
• How is a course like this consumed or used?
  This course is completed as a self-study video and text-based program, requiring participants to review the material and pass a final exam with a minimum score of 70% to earn CPE credit.

In the past decade, the world has changed. The moral fabric of society has rapidly swung from cancel culture to a general degradation of social civility. These shift in values and behaviors surrounds us in everyday events. Navigating safe passage through daily personal and professional life relies heavily on your ethical judgement. In an age of social media and a discerning general public, everyone now has a say in judging your actions, behaviors, and decisions.  In this course, we are going to tackle the challenge of elevating our ethical intelligence.  Ethical intelligence is a principled approach to living our personal and professional lives to ensure we minimize personal risk and positively interact with the world around us.  In this updated version of the course, you will see how small indiscretions get magnified and can derail otherwise good people with no il intentions and jeopardize their careers and personal lives. 

Video - NASBA QAS - Text - NASBA Registry - 2804

Course Learning Objectives

• Describe the state of ethics in the world today
• Compare perspectives on the origin of our ethics and how ethical decisions are made
• Analyze everyday living using the five principles of ethical intelligence
• Identify common scenarios that give rise to ethical decay and elevate the risk of doing something inappropriate
• Explore the impact of organizational culture on ethics
• Design organizational culture to cultivate stronger ethics in employees

Chapter 1 - Mastering Your Ethical Intelligence

Chapter 1 Review Questions

Glossary of Terminology