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Are You Qualified? The Ethics of Practice Development and Skill Enhancement


Total Credits: 2 including 2 Regulatory Ethics - Technical

Average Rating:
   21
Categories:
Ethics |  Partner Produced
Faculty:
Albert D. Spalding Jr.
Course Levels:
Intermediate
Duration:
2 Hours
License:

Dates


Description

For an accounting practice or career to thrive, it must grow and develop. But what about the “Catch-22" of practice development?  Expertise at anything new requires experience, and experience cannot be attained while you are a non-expert! Or can it? This webcast looks at some of the more popular pathways to practice development (forensic accounting, fiduciary accounting, public offerings, consulting, etc.) and considers the drawbacks of reaching too far, too fast.

Basic Course Information

Learning Objectives

*Review of some of the ethical standards that apply to non-traditional services performed by accountants and an examination of real-life cases that highlight the risks of over-reaching in this area.


Major Subjects

*Forensic Accounting

*The Catch-22 of Practice Development and Skill Enhancement

*The Ethics of Education and Experience Requirements


Course Materials

Faculty

Albert D. Spalding Jr. Related Seminars and Products

Associate Professor

Mike Illitch School of Business Administration, Wayne State University, Detroit


Albert “Bert” is an attorney-CPA and holds the Certified in Financial Forensics (CFF) designation from the AICPA.
Professor Spalding serves on the faculty of the Department of Accounting at the Wayne State University Mike Ilitch School of Business…where he teaches business law, tax, forensic and fiduciary accounting -- as well as professional ethics -- in the MS in Accounting and MBA programs.
Bert Spalding has also served on the legal staff of the IRS National Office in Washington, D.C. where he drafted letter rulings, technical advice memoranda, revenue rulings and other pronouncements.
Dr. Spalding holds graduate degrees in accounting, law, psychology, philosophy and theology, and has authored several books and many journal articles on accounting, tax, legal and ethics-related topics. His popular SpaldingCPE seminars, webcasts and self-study courses on ethics and accounting topics are widely received around the State of Michigan as well as nationally.


Additional Info

Basic Course Information

Advanced Preparation None
Course Developer Michigan Association of CPAs
Designed For All professional accountants and especially those accountants who are thinking about expanding the scope of their practice or their career skills.
Original Recording Date 2/27/14
Prerequisites None

Additional Information

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Instructional Delivery Method Group Internet Based
Official Registry Statement

Business Professionals' Network, Inc. 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 submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: www.nasbaregistry.org


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Course Registration Requirements

Online Registration 


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